wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that McNeese State defeated Tulsa in the inaugural 1976 Independence Bowl despite the suspension of sixteen McNeese players?<!--special occasion hook for December 28 in US-->

page_title: McNeese Cowboys football
short_description: Intercollegiate American football team
page_title: Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
short_description: American football team in Oklahoma
page_title: 1976 Independence Bowl
short_description: College football game
... that the BBC comedy-drama Lapland was set in Finland but filmed in Norway, where the cast stayed in army barracks?

page_title: BBC
short_description: British public service broadcaster
page_title: Being Eileen
short_description: 2013 British TV comedy-drama series
page_title: Barracks
short_description: Accommodation for military personnel, laborers or prisoners
... that renowned antebellum potter Christopher Haun was executed for his participation in the East Tennessee bridge-burning conspiracy?

page_title: Christopher Haun
short_description: 19th-century potter from Tennessee, USA
page_title: East Tennessee bridge burnings
short_description: Guerrilla operations during the American Civil War
... that the Gibraltar Heritage Trust is a non-profit charity responsible for preserving and promoting Gibraltar's manmade and natural heritage?

page_title: Gibraltar Heritage Trust
page_title: Gibraltar
short_description: British Overseas Territory in Iberia
... that the trout population in Mann Lake was once threatened by goldfish, prompting the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to intervene?

page_title: Trout
short_description: Freshwater fish from subfamily Salmoninae
page_title: Mann Lake
short_description: Lake in Harney County, Oregon, United States
page_title: Goldfish
short_description: Freshwater fish common in aquariums
... that though Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z member Momoka Ariyasu (pictured) claims to be stupid, other members say she is very studious, even studying backstage?

page_title: Momoiro Clover Z
short_description: Japanese band
page_title: Momoka Ariyasu
short_description: Japanese singer and photographer (born 1995)
... that Gibraltar's North Bastion and South Bastion were built by Spain to protect the city against attacks from either direction?

page_title: Gibraltar
short_description: British Overseas Territory in Iberia
page_title: North Bastion, Gibraltar
short_description: Fortification in Gibraltar
page_title: South Bastion, Gibraltar
short_description: Bastion in Gibraltar
... that Dr. Moshe Wallach, founder and director of Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Hospital for 45 years, lived in the hospital and was buried beside it?<!--special occasion; held for December 28-->

page_title: Moshe Wallach
short_description: German Jewish physician
page_title: Shaare Zedek Medical Center
short_description: Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel
page_title: Shaare Zedek Cemetery, Jerusalem
short_description: Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem
... that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a cameo appearance in the series finale of Gossip Girl?

page_title: New York City
short_description: Most populous city in the United States
page_title: Michael Bloomberg
short_description: American businessman and politician (born 1942)
page_title: New York, I Love You XOXO
short_description: 10th episode of the 6th season of Gossip Girl
page_title: Gossip Girl
short_description: 2007 American teen drama television series
... that Amala Shankar, the Indian danseuse, is the wife of Uday Shankar and sister-in-law of Ravi Shankar?

page_title: Amala Shankar
short_description: Indian danseuse (1919–2020)
page_title: Ballet dancer
short_description: Person who practices the art of ballet
page_title: Uday Shankar
short_description: Indian dancer, choreographer, actor
page_title: Ravi Shankar
short_description: Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012)
... that the giant slit-pore sea rod can grow to more than a metre (yard) tall?

page_title: Plexaurella nutans
short_description: Species of coral
... that Peter Penfold was widely considered a hero in Sierra Leone, despite having been dismissed as British High Commissioner?

page_title: Peter Penfold
short_description: British diplomat (1944–2023)
... that the graphics for the video game Clay Jam were produced in a garage using  of clay and 400 toothpicks?

page_title: Video game graphics
short_description: Computer graphics related to video games
page_title: Clay Jam
short_description: 2012 video game
... that above the north doorway of St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton (pictured), is a sheila-na-gig?

page_title: St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton
short_description: Church in Shropshire, England
page_title: Sheela na gig
short_description: European sculpture motif
... that Edda Goering played in a fifty-metre-long replica of Frederick the Great's Sanssouci palace, built for her by the Luftwaffe in an orchard at Carinhall?

page_title: Edda Göring
short_description: Daughter of Hermann Göring (1938–2018)
page_title: Frederick the Great
short_description: King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786
page_title: Sanssouci
short_description: Historical building in Potsdam, Germany
page_title: Luftwaffe
short_description: Air force of Nazi Germany (1935–1945)
page_title: Carinhall
short_description: German stately home
... that today is the birthday of Dattatreya, the combined form of the Hindu Trinity?<!--special request for December 27-->

page_title: Datta Jayanti
short_description: Hindu observance
page_title: Dattatreya
short_description: Hindu deity
page_title: Trimurti
short_description: Hindu concept of one god in three aspects
... that Owen Ray Skelton is credited with engineering a rubber engine mount system for cars known as "floating power" to greatly cut down on engine vibration to the chassis?

page_title: Owen Ray Skelton
short_description: American automotive engineer (1886–1969)
page_title: Floating Power
short_description: Form of vibration reduction in four-cylinder engines
... that A Is for Acid, a biopic of Acid Bath Murderer John Haigh, was filmed in Scarborough because of the town's similarity to parts of 1940s London?

page_title: A Is for Acid
short_description: British television film
page_title: John Haigh
short_description: English serial killer (1909–1949)
page_title: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
short_description: Town in North Yorkshire, England
page_title: London
short_description: Capital of England and the United Kingdom
... that at the age of 16, Karl Towns was named to play on the Dominican Republic national basketball team while he was a student at St. Joseph High School in New Jersey?

page_title: Karl-Anthony Towns
short_description: American basketball player (born 1995)
page_title: Dominican Republic men's national basketball team
short_description: National sports team
page_title: St. Joseph High School (Metuchen, New Jersey)
short_description: Catholic high school in Middlesex County, New Jersey, US
page_title: New Jersey
short_description: U.S. state
... that the 1971 Chouf parliamentary by-poll was described at the time as the "most fiery" by-election ever in Lebanon?

page_title: 1971 Chouf parliamentary by-election
... that Lupton City in Chattanooga, Tennessee, was created in the 1920s as a planned community for a thread mill and its workers?

page_title: Lupton City, Chattanooga
short_description: Neighborhood in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
page_title: Chattanooga, Tennessee
short_description: City in the United States
page_title: Planned community
short_description: Settlement built according to a plan
page_title: Thread (textiles)
short_description: Type of yarn used for sewing
... that the 15.4-metre (51 ft) long Anantashayana Vishnu at Saranga (pictured) is the longest sculpture of a reclining Vishnu in India?

page_title: Anantashayana Vishnu
short_description: Recurring theme in Hinduist art
page_title: India
short_description: Country in South Asia
... that while the roots of the international human rights movement are about a century old, it grew in global significance around the 1970s?

page_title: Human rights movement
short_description: Activism in favor of human rights
... that Norman Claxton won the South Australian National Football League twice, scored 199 not out in first-class cricket, and was inducted into the Baseball Australia Hall of Fame?

page_title: Norman Claxton
short_description: Australian sportsman
page_title: South Australian National Football League
short_description: Australian rules football competition
page_title: Not out
short_description: In cricket, a batter who is not dismissed
page_title: First-class cricket
short_description: Cricket played at the highest domestic standard
page_title: Baseball Australia Hall of Fame
... that Steindamm Church was destroyed during the Siege of Königsberg and rebuilt in 1263?

page_title: Steindamm Church
short_description: Oldest church in today's Kaliningrad, Russia
page_title: Siege of Königsberg
short_description: Siege by the Prussians in 1262
... that Kānekapōlei prevented the kidnapping of her husband King Kalaniʻōpuʻu and their sons by Captain Cook, one of the events that led to Cook's death in Hawaii?

page_title: Kānekapōlei
short_description: Native Hawaiian aliʻi wahine (queen)
page_title: Kalaniʻōpuʻu
short_description: Hawaiian monarch (d. 1782)
page_title: James Cook
short_description: British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
... that Mike Shula succeeded Mike Price as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team in 2003?

page_title: Mike Shula
short_description: American football player and coach (born 1965)
page_title: Mike Price
short_description: American football player and coach (born 1946)
page_title: 2003 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
short_description: American college football season
... that Natir Puja (1932) is the only film where Rabindranath Tagore was credited as film director?

page_title: Natir Puja
short_description: 1932 film
page_title: Rabindranath Tagore
short_description: Indian polymath (1861–1941)
... that John Lennon's ballad "Out the Blue" expressed his devotion to wife Yoko Ono, even though Lennon and Ono were separated at the time?

page_title: John Lennon
short_description: English musician, songwriter and activist (1940–1980)
page_title: Out the Blue (John Lennon song)
short_description: 1973 song by John Lennon
page_title: Yoko Ono
short_description: Japanese artist and activist (born 1933)
... that news of the conquest of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (pictured) came to the outside world by a runner bearing a coded message?

page_title: 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
short_description: First successful ascent of Mount Everest
page_title: Edmund Hillary
short_description: New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
page_title: Tenzing Norgay
short_description: Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (1914–1986)
... that in Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government was obligated to pay in full any contracts that it had entered into with Indian tribes?

page_title: Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter
short_description: 2012 United States Supreme Court case
page_title: Supreme Court of the United States
short_description: Highest court of jurisdiction in the U.S
... that Bach's cantata for the second day of Christmas, Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes ("For this the Son of God appeared"), BWV 40, is his first Christmas cantata composed for Leipzig? <!--special occasion hook for December 26; please do not remove from this set-->

page_title: Bach cantata
short_description: Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
page_title: Christmas
short_description: Christian holiday usually on December 25
page_title: Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40
short_description: Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
page_title: Christmas cantata
short_description: Cantata intended to be performed for Christmas
... that Jean Forbes-Robertson, a Shakespearean actress, frequently played Peter Pan?

page_title: Jean Forbes-Robertson
short_description: English actress (1905–1962)
page_title: Peter Pan
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
... that Benin adopted a Presidential Council system with three political rivals serving as president together to prevent civil war following the 1970 elections?

page_title: Presidential Council (Benin)
short_description: 1970–1972 triumvirate government of Dahomey
page_title: 1970 Dahomeyan presidential election
... that jewelled chameleons are threatened by the burning of their grassland habitat?

page_title: Jewelled chameleon
short_description: Species of lizard
page_title: Habitat
short_description: Type of environment in which an organism lives
... that the video game Rotozoa is part of Nintendo's Art Style series?

page_title: Rotozoa
short_description: 2010 video game
page_title: Nintendo
short_description: Japanese video game company
page_title: Art Style
short_description: Video game series
... that Paul Thurmond, the youngest son of Strom Thurmond, was born when his father was 73 years old?

page_title: Paul Thurmond
short_description: American politician (born 1976)
page_title: Strom Thurmond
short_description: American politician (1902–2003)
... that besides being India's second longest serving prime minister, Indira Gandhi (pictured) was also the world's second longest serving female prime minister?

page_title: List of prime ministers of India
page_title: Indira Gandhi
short_description: Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)
... that a single HVDC converter can convert up to two thousand megawatts of electric power from DC to AC?

page_title: HVDC converter
short_description: Electricity converter
page_title: Watt
short_description: SI derived unit of power
page_title: Electric power
short_description: Rate at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit
page_title: High-voltage direct current
short_description: Electric power transmission system
page_title: Alternating current
short_description: Electric current that periodically reverses direction
... that Catalan flamenco guitarist "Chicuelo" has been the music director of Shōji Kojima's dance company in Japan since 1992?

page_title: Catalonia
short_description: Nationality and autonomous community of Spain
page_title: Flamenco
short_description: Genre of Spanish music and dance
page_title: Chicuelo (guitarist)
short_description: Musical artist
page_title: Music director
short_description: Person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance
page_title: Shōji Kojima
short_description: Japanese flamenco dancer (born 1939)
... that the "get out the vote" system used by Mitt Romney in the 2012 United States presidential election crashed repeatedly on election day, depriving his campaign of last-minute information?

page_title: ORCA (computer system)
short_description: Software used by US Republican Party in 2012 election campaign
page_title: Mitt Romney
short_description: American politician and businessman (born 1947)
page_title: 2012 United States presidential election
... that William I of Germany was crowned King of Prussia in the Schlosskirche within Königsberg Castle?

page_title: Wilhelm I
short_description: German Emperor from 1871 to 1888
page_title: Germany
short_description: Country in Europe
page_title: List of Prussian monarchs
page_title: Schlosskirche, Königsberg
short_description: Protestant church within Königsberg Castle
page_title: Königsberg Castle
short_description: Castle in Kaliningrad, Russia
... that the second single from Leona Lewis' third studio album Glassheart was originally going to be "Fireflies", but "Lovebird" was released instead?

page_title: Leona Lewis
short_description: British singer (born 1985)
page_title: Glassheart
short_description: 2012 studio album by Leona Lewis
page_title: Lovebird (song)
short_description: 2012 single by Leona Lewis
... that the extinct maple Acer ivanofense is known from four Alaskan fossils?

page_title: Maple
short_description: Genus of flowering plants
page_title: Acer ivanofense
short_description: Extinct species of maple
... that Erdene Zuu Monastery in Mongolia has a 24-inch penis?

page_title: Erdene Zuu Monastery
short_description: Buddhist monastery in Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
page_title: Mongolia
short_description: Country in East Asia
page_title: Kharkhorin Rock
short_description: Statue in Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
... that the Adoration of the Shepherds (1607–10, pictured) by Domenichino shows the newborn Jesus listening to bagpipe music?

page_title: Adoration of the Shepherds (Domenichino)
short_description: Painting by Domenichino
page_title: Domenichino
short_description: Italian painter (1581–1641)
page_title: Bagpipes
short_description: Woodwind instrument
... that junitoite and ruizite were both discovered in Christmas, Arizona?

page_title: Junitoite
short_description: Sorosilicate mineral
page_title: Ruizite
short_description: Sorosilicate mineral
page_title: Christmas, Arizona
short_description: Ghost town in Gila County, Arizona
... that the installation of an artificial Christmas tree in Brussels prompted an online petition against it with 25,000 signatures?

page_title: Brussels Christmas tree
short_description: Public Christmas tree in Brussels, Belgium
... that in Dandy Dick Whittington, Dick is a circus rider who goes to Siam to secure love and fortune?

page_title: Dandy Dick Whittington
short_description: Comic opera by Ivan Caryll and George Robert Sims
page_title: History of Thailand
... that the Tamale Teaching Hospital, the third teaching hospital in Ghana, started as the Tamale Regional Hospital in 1974?

page_title: Tamale Teaching Hospital
short_description: Hospital in Northern Region, Ghana
page_title: Teaching hospital
short_description: Hospital or clinic providing medical education
page_title: Ghana
short_description: Country in West Africa
... that it has been suggested that Father Christmas in  Tolkien's The Father Christmas Letters may have been an inspiration for Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings?

page_title: The Father Christmas Letters
short_description: 1974 children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien
... that despite the belief that the Christmas pickle tradition originated in Germany, it is generally unknown there?

page_title: Christmas pickle
short_description: Christmas tradition
... that Christmas jumpers (example pictured) have become popular in the UK during the 2010s?

page_title: Christmas jumper
short_description: Sweater with a Christmas or winter-style design
... that Hans Pfitzner composed Das Christ-Elflein (The Little Elf of Christ, sometimes given as The Little Christmas Elf) first as incidental music, then in 1917 as an opera?

page_title: Hans Pfitzner
short_description: German composer and conductor (1869–1949)
page_title: Das Christ-Elflein
short_description: Opera by Hans Pfitzner
page_title: Incidental music
short_description: Musical composition for a play
page_title: Opera
short_description: Art form combining sung text and musical score in a theatrical setting
... that The Big Bang Theory episode "The Santa Simulation" features a Christmas-themed Dungeons & Dragons game?

page_title: The Big Bang Theory
short_description: American television sitcom (2007–2019)
page_title: The Santa Simulation
short_description: 11th episode of the 6th season of The Big Bang Theory
page_title: Dungeons & Dragons
short_description: Fantasy role-playing game
... that on Christmas Day in 1997, a One Day International between India and Sri Lanka became the first international cricket match to be called off because of a dangerous pitch?

page_title: Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1997–98
short_description: International cricket tour
page_title: Cricket pitch
short_description: Central strip of the cricket field
... that director Ken Russell created the Christmas themed A Kitten for Hitler after being challenged by Melvyn Bragg to make a film Russell himself would want to ban?

page_title: Ken Russell
short_description: British film director (1927–2011)
page_title: A Kitten for Hitler
short_description: 2007 British film
page_title: Melvyn Bragg
short_description: British broadcaster and author (born 1939)
... that in New South Wales, the mountain beech can hybridise with the native holly and the crinkle bush?

page_title: Lomatia myricoides
short_description: Species of plant
page_title: Lomatia ilicifolia
short_description: Species of plant endemic to Australia
page_title: Lomatia silaifolia
short_description: Species of plant native to eastern Australia
... that Cliff Richard's 1990 UK Christmas number one song "Saviour's Day" was succeeded by Iron Maiden's "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"?

page_title: Saviour's Day (song)
short_description: 1990 single by Cliff Richard
page_title: Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
short_description: 1989 song by Bruce Dickinson
... that Pasterka (pictured), a Midnight Mass of Christmas celebrations across Poland, can be held three times on Christmas Eve, including at midnight?

page_title: Pasterka
short_description: Polish Catholic midnight mass
page_title: Midnight Mass
short_description: First liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve
page_title: Christmas in Poland
page_title: Religion in Poland
page_title: Christmas Eve
short_description: Evening or day before Christmas Day
... that Carl Russ started as a walk-on and became the starting wide linebacker for Michigan football teams that had a record of 20–1–1?

page_title: Carl Russ
short_description: American football player (born 1953)
page_title: Walk-on (sports)
short_description: College team member without a scholarship
page_title: Michigan Wolverines football
short_description: Football team of the University of Michigan
... that Trinitatis Church was seriously damaged in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 but was rebuilt in 1731?

page_title: Trinitatis Church
short_description: Church in Copenhagen, Denmark
page_title: Copenhagen Fire of 1728
short_description: Historic fire in Copenhagen, Denmark
... that William Hatteclyffe served King Edward IV as physician, King's Secretary, and diplomat?

page_title: William Hatteclyffe
short_description: English surgeon and diplomat
page_title: Edward IV
short_description: King of England (1461–70; 1471–83)
page_title: Medical doctor
short_description: Professional who practices medicine
page_title: Secretary of State (England)
short_description: Appointed position in the English government
page_title: Diplomacy
short_description: Practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states
... that a Viking torc and an 18th century harpsichord are exhibited at Falsters Minder?

page_title: Vikings
short_description: Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
page_title: Torc
short_description: Rigid, usually twisted ring worn around the neck or arm, often of precious metal
page_title: Harpsichord
short_description: Plucked-string keyboard instrument
page_title: Falsters Minder
short_description: City museum of Nykøbing on the Danish island of Falster
... that the rights for Rambo: The Video Game were secured in part because of the scheduled release of the Sylvester Stallone action film The Expendables 2?

page_title: Rambo: The Video Game
short_description: 2014 video game
page_title: Sylvester Stallone
short_description: American actor and filmmaker (born 1946)
page_title: The Expendables 2
short_description: 2012 American action film by Simon West
... that the fortune of England's richest commoner, William the Miser, was lost in lawyers' fees in 117 years of litigation over his estate?

page_title: William Jennens
short_description: English financier (1701–1798)
... that 99 years ago on December 24, Italian Hall (pictured) in Calumet, Michigan, was the site of a fatal stampede from a Christmas party organized by Anna Clemenc and the Western Federation of Miners?

page_title: Italian Hall
short_description: Demolished building in Calumet, Michigan
page_title: Calumet, Michigan
short_description: Village in Michigan, United States
page_title: Italian Hall disaster
short_description: 1913 human crush in Calumet, Michigan, US
page_title: Anna Clemenc
short_description: American labor activist (1888–1956)
page_title: Western Federation of Miners
short_description: Labor union of miners and metalworkers in the US and Canada (1893–1967)