wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that in the run-up to the 1953 Philadelphia municipal election, a Democratic nominee died and the office he was running for was abolished?<!--- Before altering this hook, see discussion here [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Cwmhiraeth#Philadelphia_municipal_election.2C_1953] -->

page_title: 1953 Philadelphia municipal election
... that three days of smog in New York City 50 years ago today increased public awareness of air pollution (pictured) and led to the passage of the 1967 Air Quality Act?

page_title: 1966 New York City smog
short_description: Air-pollution episode in New York City
page_title: Clean Air Act (United States)
short_description: 1963 US federal law to control pollution
... that W.Z. Ahmed film Roohi was the first to be banned in Pakistan?

page_title: W. Z. Ahmed
short_description: Pakistani film director (1916 - 2007)
... that "gold thread and iron wire" Ge ware has two sets of cracks in the glaze, accentuated by staining in different colours?

page_title: Ge ware
short_description: Type of greenware in Chinese pottery
page_title: Ceramic glaze
short_description: Fused coating on ceramic objects
... that in her Gloria, Hyo-Won Woo combines elements from Korean music and Western contemporary composition techniques?

page_title: Hyo-Won Woo
short_description: South Korean composer (born 1974)
page_title: Traditional music of Korea
... that the Swaziland national cricket team was disqualified from the 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two after they fielded ineligible players in 2014?

page_title: Eswatini national cricket team
short_description: Men's national cricket team
page_title: 2016 ICC Africa Twenty20 Division Two
short_description: Cricket tournament
... that when Barbara Berman and Mary Keating Croce took office in 1978, they became the first pair of women to represent a single legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly?

page_title: Barbara Berman (politician)
short_description: American politician (born 1938)
page_title: Mary Keating Croce
short_description: American politician
page_title: New Jersey General Assembly
short_description: Lower house of the New Jersey Legislature
... that quarrying at West End in Penistone Hill Country Park once involved using a bar to make the cliff face collapse whilst the workers ran away?

page_title: Penistone Hill Country Park
short_description: Moorland park in West Yorkshire, England
... that everyone eligible to receive the Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991 from Latvia has already received one?

page_title: Commemorative Medal for Participants of the Barricades of 1991
short_description: Latvian award
page_title: Latvia
short_description: Country in Northern Europe
... that a kronkåsa (pictured) was used by the Swedish nobility as a drinking vessel during the Renaissance?

page_title: Kronkåsa
short_description: Swedish drinking cup
page_title: Swedish nobility
short_description: Socially privileged class in Sweden
... that Soledad Alatorre, known for her labor activism and advocacy of civil rights, previously worked as a model for bathing suits?

page_title: Soledad Alatorre
short_description: Mexican labor activist (1927–2020)
page_title: Labour movement
short_description: Economic and political movement seeking to advance workers
page_title: Civil and political rights
short_description: Rights preventing the infringement of personal freedom by other social actors
page_title: Swimsuit
short_description: Clothing worn for swimming
... that after a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp became a Russian emperor, his wife and son traded away his ancestral lands in the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo?

page_title: Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
short_description: European dynasty of German origin
page_title: Peter III of Russia
short_description: Emperor of Russia in 1762
page_title: Catherine the Great
short_description: Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796
page_title: Paul I of Russia
short_description: Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801
page_title: Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo
short_description: 1773 treaty between Russia and Denmark–Norway
... that Maurice Gaffney was the oldest practising barrister in Ireland when he died aged 100?

page_title: Maurice Gaffney
short_description: Irish barrister
... that the daily newspaper Aachener Zeitung began as the first free newspaper published by Germans after World War II?

page_title: Aachener Zeitung
short_description: German newspaper in Aachen
... that the USS Helianthus, built as a private motorboat, went on to serve as a patrol boat for the U.S. Navy, and then for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey?

page_title: USS Helianthus
short_description: Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
page_title: U.S. National Geodetic Survey
short_description: U.S. federal surveying and mapping agency
... that Conservative Member of Parliament Sarah Wollaston switched from supporting to repudiating the pro-Brexit Vote Leave group, calling its repetition of debunked claims "post-truth politics"?

page_title: Sarah Wollaston
short_description: British Liberal Democrat politician
page_title: Vote Leave
short_description: Campaign for UK withdrawal from the EU
page_title: Post-truth politics
short_description: Politics in which facts are considered irrelevant
... that while writing Here I Am, Jonathan Safran Foer would move between rooms of his house whenever he experienced a "Jonathan block"?

page_title: Here I Am (novel)
short_description: 2016 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
page_title: Jonathan Safran Foer
short_description: American novelist (born 1977)
... that the Madagascar succulent woodlands (pictured) are home to the world's smallest primate?

page_title: Madagascar succulent woodlands
short_description: Ecoregion in Madagascar
page_title: Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
short_description: Species of mammal
... that "Danke", one of Germany's best-known sacred songs, was considered a sin against music and religion when first released?

page_title: Danke (song)
... that Monique Luiz, star of the famous 1964 political advertisement Daisy, did not see it for herself until 2000?

page_title: Monique Luiz
short_description: American former child model (born 1961)
page_title: Daisy (advertisement)
short_description: 1964 US presidential campaign advertisement
... that the 308th Infantry Regiment  was the first United States National Army regiment in the First World War to be presented with its regimental colors?

page_title: 308th Infantry Regiment
short_description: US infantry regiment during the First World War
page_title: History of the United States Army
... that with a modest force of Bedouin horsemen, Shibl al-Dawla Nasr defeated a much larger Byzantine army led by Emperor Romanos III?

page_title: Bedouin
short_description: Nomadic Arab tribes
page_title: Shibl al-Dawla Nasr
short_description: Emir of Aleppo from 1029 to 1038
page_title: Battle of Azaz (1030)
short_description: Battle of the Arab–Byzantine wars
page_title: Romanos III Argyros
short_description: Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034
... that events at Los Angeles' Fiesta Park included a reception for President William McKinley, the Los Angeles Auto Show, and USC Trojans football games?

page_title: Los Angeles
short_description: Most populous city in California, US
page_title: Fiesta Park
short_description: Sports and entertainment venue in Los Angeles, California
page_title: William McKinley
short_description: President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
page_title: LA Auto Show
short_description: Annual US auto show
page_title: USC Trojans football
short_description: American college football team at University of Southern California
... that the Liberian Welington Zaza is the African junior record holder in the men's 110 metres hurdles?

page_title: Wellington Zaza
short_description: Liberian hurdler
page_title: List of African under-20 records in athletics
page_title: 110 metres hurdles
short_description: Track and field hurdling event
... that the Eider Canal was first proposed as part of Ducal Holstein, built under Danish rule, conquered by Prussia, and decommissioned under the German Empire?

page_title: Eider Canal
short_description: Former waterway in northern Germany
page_title: Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
short_description: European dynasty of German origin
page_title: Denmark
short_description: Country in northern Europe
page_title: Prussia
short_description: German state from 1525 to 1947
page_title: German Empire
short_description: German state from 1871 to 1918
... that Queen Emma of Hawaii (pictured) never knew her father George Naʻea because he had contracted leprosy?

page_title: Queen Emma of Hawaii
short_description: Queen of Hawaii from 1856 to 1863
page_title: George Naʻea
short_description: Chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii
page_title: Leprosy
short_description: Chronic disease caused by bacterial infection
... that Dr. J. Butz, founded in 1924, has published sacred music by English composers such as Colin Mawby, Christopher Tambling, and Robert W. Jones in Germany?

page_title: Dr. J. Butz
short_description: Music publishing company
page_title: Colin Mawby
short_description: English organist, choral conductor and composer (1936–2019)
page_title: Christopher Tambling
short_description: British composer and choirmaster (1964–2015)
page_title: Robert W. Jones
short_description: American composer (1932–1997)
... that in 2016, Rachel Freier became the first Hasidic Jewish woman to be elected as a civil court judge in the state of New York?

page_title: Rachel Freier
short_description: American judge and community activist
page_title: Hasidic Judaism
short_description: Religious subgroup of modern Judaism
page_title: New York (state)
short_description: U.S. state
... that Mauritian boxer Kennedy St-Pierre has won two gold medals at the African Games, one in the middleweight division and one in the heavyweight division?

page_title: Mauritius
short_description: Island country in the Indian Ocean
page_title: Kennedy St-Pierre
short_description: Mauritian boxer (born 1992)
page_title: African Games
short_description: African multi-sport event
... that The Vine in Vancouver, Washington, will be the first bus rapid transit system in the Portland metropolitan area?

page_title: The Vine (bus rapid transit)
short_description: Bus rapid transit service in Vancouver, Washington
page_title: Bus rapid transit
short_description: Public transportation system
page_title: Portland metropolitan area
short_description: Metropolitan area in the northwest US
... that Proceratium petrosum is one of two ant species in the genus Proceratium described from fossil males?

page_title: Proceratium petrosum
short_description: Extinct species of ant
... that Eugen Eckert, who wrote the lyrics of more than a thousand songs in the Neues Geistliches Lied genre, is the minister for a sports stadium in Frankfurt?

page_title: Eugen Eckert
short_description: German social worker and minister
page_title: Neues Geistliches Lied
short_description: Contemporary genre of German music intended for use in churches
page_title: Waldstadion (Frankfurt)
short_description: Stadium in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
... that daisy bushes can be downy, viscid, twiggy, or clammy?

page_title: Olearia
short_description: Genus of flowering plants
page_title: Olearia tomentosa
short_description: Species of shrub
page_title: Olearia viscidula
short_description: Species of flowering plant
page_title: Olearia ramulosa
short_description: Species of flowering plant
page_title: Olearia decurrens
short_description: Species of shrub
... that the Vaile Mansion (pictured), built in 1881 in Independence, Missouri, contains chandeliers originally intended for the White House?

page_title: Vaile Mansion
short_description: Historic house in Missouri, United States
page_title: Independence, Missouri
short_description: City in Missouri, United States
page_title: White House
short_description: Residence and workplace of the US president
... that when it was released in 2012, Cybergeddon was the most expensive web series ever made?

page_title: Cybergeddon (film)
short_description: 2012 TV series or program
page_title: Web series
short_description: Short videos released on the Internet
... that Jin Chae-seon was the first female master of pansori, a male-dominated Korean folk opera genre?

page_title: Jin Chae-seon
short_description: Koreans artist
page_title: Pansori
short_description: Korean traditional musical storytelling
... that Streitraum, a regular series of panel discussions with Carolin Emcke, has been called "an intelligent and aggressive public lecture series"?

page_title: Streitraum
short_description: Political panel discussion held in Berlin, Germany
page_title: Carolin Emcke
short_description: German author and journalist (born 1967)
... that Gilberto Gil said his Grammy Award for Quanta Live was particularly meaningful because the album is a summary of his three decades in music?

page_title: Gilberto Gil
short_description: Brazilian musician and politician (born 1942)
page_title: Grammy Awards
short_description: American award for achievements in music
page_title: Quanta Live
short_description: 1998 live album by Gilberto Gil
... that resists can be used in dyeing textiles, pottery, painting, metalwork, and semiconductor fabrication?

page_title: Resist
short_description: Protection used in manufacturing and art
page_title: Resist dyeing
short_description: Traditional method of dyeing textiles with patterns
page_title: Resist (semiconductor fabrication)
... that Marc Bassingthwaighte is a two-time medalist at the Namibian National Road Race Championships?

page_title: Marc Bassingthwaighte
short_description: Namibian cyclist
page_title: Namibian National Road Race Championships
short_description: National road cycling championship in Namibia
... that the black-and-white 1923 Western Wild Bill Hickok starring William Hart was the first film to depict Wyatt Earp?

page_title: Wild Bill Hickok (film)
short_description: 1923 film
page_title: William S. Hart
short_description: American actor (1864–1946)
page_title: Wyatt Earp
short_description: American lawman (1848–1929)
... that dual graphs can explain why the halls and walls of many mazes (example pictured) form interlocking trees?

page_title: Dual graph
short_description: Graph representing faces of another graph
page_title: Maze
short_description: Puzzle game
page_title: Tree (graph theory)
short_description: Undirected, connected, and acyclic graph
... that the curve of the roof of Oriam, Scotland's new national sports training centre, was inspired by Roberto Carlos's goal that "defied physics"?

page_title: Oriam
short_description: Scotland's national centre for sport
page_title: Roberto Carlos
short_description: Brazilian footballer (born 1973)
... that tap dancer Ayodele Casel developed her style under the influence of salsa music?

page_title: Ayodele Casel
short_description: American tap dancer (born 1975)
page_title: Salsa music
short_description: Latin American dance music genre
... that Burning Rangers was among the last five Sega Saturn games released in America?

page_title: Burning Rangers
short_description: 1998 video game
page_title: Sega Saturn
short_description: Home video game console
... that Alfred Clark pioneered continuity, plot, and special effects in The Execution of Mary Stuart?

page_title: Alfred Clark (director)
short_description: Pioneer of cinema and gramophone, business executive and collector of ceramics
page_title: The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (film)
short_description: 1895 American film
... that "Inspirasi" was written by Faizal Tahir as a tribute to Siti Nurhaliza and her achievements in the Malaysian music scene for the past 20 years?

page_title: Inspirasi
short_description: 2015 song performed by Hafiz
page_title: Faizal Tahir
short_description: Malaysian singer (born 1978)
page_title: Siti Nurhaliza
short_description: Malaysian singer-songwriter (born 1979)
page_title: Music of Malaysia
... that Taiwan's Danhai Light Rail Transit cars will have batteries so that the overhead power cable does not need to be continuous through intersections?

page_title: Danhai light rail
short_description: Light rail transit system in Taiwan
... that photographer Sally Bush bought a 1909 Baker electric car and drove it just once, through the front window of a local pharmacy?

page_title: Sally Bush
short_description: American photographer (1860–1946)
page_title: Baker Motor Vehicle
short_description: Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
... that Aroup Chatterjee (pictured) was one of two Devil's advocates during the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta?

page_title: Aroup Chatterjee
short_description: Indian academic (born 1958)
page_title: Devil's advocate
short_description: Figure of speech and former official position within the Catholic Church
page_title: Mother Teresa
short_description: Albanian-Indian Catholic saint (1910–1997)
... that University of Sydney students might have failed if they had not started studying by the time the jacaranda tree bloomed?

page_title: University of Sydney
short_description: Public research university in Australia
page_title: Jacaranda, University of Sydney
short_description: Historic tree at the University of Sydney
... that fencer Salah Dessouki also served as the Governor of Cairo?

page_title: Fencing
short_description: Type of armed combat sport
page_title: Salah Dessouki
short_description: Egyptian fencer (1922–2011)
page_title: Cairo Governorate
short_description: Governorate in Egypt
... that after the mutineer sailors involved in the Revolt of the Lash were granted amnesty, many were discharged from the Brazilian Navy, put in prison, or sent to work on rubber plantations?

page_title: Revolt of the Lash
short_description: 1910 naval incident in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
... that women first joined Chile's La Moneda Palace Guard in 2001?

page_title: La Moneda Palace Guard
short_description: Military unit
... that the Golden Ball pub in Bishophill is owned by a local community cooperative?

page_title: Bishophill
short_description: Area of the City of York, North Yorkshire, England
... that St John Harmsworth designed the iconic Perrier bottle, based on Indian exercise clubs he used after being paralysed from the waist down in a 1906 car crash?

page_title: St John Harmsworth
short_description: English businessman (1876 – 1933)
page_title: Perrier
short_description: French mineral water brand
... that cerium saved the writer Primo Levi's life in Auschwitz?

page_title: Cerium
short_description: Chemical element with atomic number 58 (Ce)
page_title: Primo Levi
short_description: Italian Holocaust survivor and writer (1919–1987)
page_title: Auschwitz concentration camp
short_description: Nazi concentration camp in Poland (1940–1945)
... that the Banda people of Central Africa carved wooden slit drums (example pictured) in the shape of animals?

page_title: Banda people
short_description: Ethnic group native to Africa
page_title: Central Africa
short_description: Core region of the African continent
page_title: Slit drum
short_description: Hollow percussion idiophone instrument
... that at the age of 23, Roman Tmetuchl was placed in the 11th grade at George Washington High School?

page_title: Roman Tmetuchl
short_description: Palauan politician and businessman (1926–1999)
page_title: George Washington High School (Guam)
short_description: Public high school in Mangilao, Guam, United States
... that in the geography of Somerset, rough ground where lead was once mined is called "gruffy"?

page_title: Geography of Somerset
... that the New Jersey black bear Pedals walked on his hind legs due to injuries to his front paws?

page_title: New Jersey
short_description: U.S. state
page_title: Pedals (bear)
short_description: Bear who became an internet celebrity
... that the Warner Estate provided social housing in East London for over 110 years?

page_title: Warner Estate
short_description: Neighborhood of East London
page_title: Public housing
short_description: Residential properties owned by a government
... that Odile Ahouanwanou broke the Beninese record for the 100 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

page_title: Odile Ahouanwanou
short_description: Beninese athlete (born 1991)
page_title: List of Beninese records in athletics
page_title: 100 metres hurdles
short_description: Track and field event
page_title: 2012 Summer Olympics
short_description: Multi-sport event in London, England
... that in breeding pairs of the orange ground thrush, the female consistently weighs more than the male?

page_title: Orange ground thrush
short_description: Species of bird
... that Christoph Bartneck wrote a nonsense submission for a predatory conference using iOS's autocomplete function and it was accepted within three hours?

page_title: Predatory conference
short_description: Meetings set up to appear as legitimate scientific conferences
page_title: IOS
short_description: Mobile operating system by Apple
page_title: Autocomplete
short_description: Computing feature predicting ending to a word a user is typing
... that composer Charles E. King (pictured) was taught music by Queen Liliuokalani, and at her funeral led a choir in her composition "Aloha ʻOe" as her catafalque was carried out of Iolani Palace?

page_title: Charles E. King
short_description: Hawaiian-born American musician (1874–1950)
page_title: Liliʻuokalani
short_description: Queen of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893
page_title: Aloha ʻOe
short_description: Song by Lili'uokalani, Princess of the Hawaiian Kingdom
page_title: Catafalque
short_description: Raised bier to display a body or casket
page_title: ʻIolani Palace
short_description: Royal palace in Honolulu, Hawaii
... that during the West African Ebola virus epidemic as many as 15 different vaccines were in development?

page_title: Western African Ebola epidemic
short_description: 2013–2016 major disease outbreak
... that the 7th Marquess of Bristol once reportedly opened a fridge door by blasting it with a shotgun?

page_title: John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol
short_description: British aristocrat (1954–1999)
... that each larva of the lesser clover leaf weevil damages three or four clover inflorescences?

page_title: Hypera nigrirostris
short_description: Species of beetle
page_title: Inflorescence
short_description: Botanical term for a cluster of flowers
... that Jessica Alba reprised her role as Max Guevara in the video game Dark Angel by voicing the character?

page_title: Jessica Alba
short_description: American actress (born 1981)
page_title: Max Guevara
short_description: Main protagonist of Dark Angel
page_title: James Cameron's Dark Angel
short_description: 2002 video game
... that when the Latvian town of Talsi became part of the Russian Empire, sixty percent of its population was Baltic German?

page_title: Latvia
short_description: Country in Northern Europe
page_title: Talsi
short_description: Town and capital of Talsi Municipality, Latvia
page_title: Russian Empire
short_description: Russian state from 1721 to 1917
page_title: Baltic Germans
short_description: Ethnic Germans living around the Baltic Sea
... that 13-year-old Togolese swimmer Adzo Kpossi was the youngest athlete at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

page_title: Togo
short_description: Country in West Africa
page_title: Adzo Kpossi
short_description: Togolese swimmer (born 1999)
page_title: 2012 Summer Olympics
short_description: Multi-sport event in London, England
... that Warratyi, the oldest known site of human habitation in inland Australia, was discovered by a man looking for somewhere to go to the toilet?

page_title: Warratyi
short_description: Rock shelter and archaeological site in Australia
page_title: Australia
short_description: Country in Oceania
... that SMS Novara (pictured) was ceded to France as a war prize under the terms of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye?

page_title: SMS Novara (1913)
short_description: Scout cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
page_title: Prize (law)
short_description: Vessel, cargo, or equipment captured during armed conflict on the seas
page_title: Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)
short_description: One of the treaties that ended World War I