wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
...that the C-class light cruiser HMS Carlisle (pictured) was damaged by German bombers during the Allied landings in Sicily and spent the rest of the war in Alexandria harbour?

page_title: C-class cruiser
short_description: 1914 light cruiser class of the British Royal Navy
page_title: Light cruiser
short_description: Type of small to medium-sized warship
page_title: HMS Carlisle (D67)
short_description: Royal Navy C-class light cruiser
page_title: Allied invasion of Sicily
short_description: Part of World War II in 1943
page_title: Alexandria
short_description: City in Egypt
...that Isaac Homer Van Winkle served for 23 years as Oregon Attorney General, the longest of any attorney general in the state’s history?

page_title: Isaac Homer Van Winkle
short_description: American lawyer
page_title: Oregon Attorney General
short_description: Statutory office in the state of Oregon, United States
...that the French Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities took almost 50 years to complete from A to Z?

page_title: Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines
...that while the Ukrainian Chortkiv offensive was eventually pushed back by the Polish army, the initial success of this desperate attack by the Ukrainian Galician Army is considered its finest hour in the Polish-Ukrainian War?

page_title: West Ukrainian People's Republic
short_description: 1918–1919 state in Central Europe
page_title: Chortkiv offensive
short_description: 1919 battle of the Polish-Ukrainian War
page_title: History of the Polish Army
page_title: Ukrainian Galician Army
short_description: Army of the West Ukrainian People's Republic
page_title: Polish–Ukrainian War
short_description: 1918–19 conflict between the Second Polish Republic and Ukrainian forces
...that zaojing, an elaborately ornamented wooden ceiling, shaped like a well and often painted with water plants, was believed by the ancient Chinese to prevent wooden buildings from burning?

page_title: Caisson (Asian architecture)
short_description: Architectural feature
...that Boston Legal actress Meredith Eaton-Gilden (pictured) is also a practicing clinical psychologist?

page_title: Boston Legal
short_description: American television series
page_title: Meredith Eaton
short_description: American actress (born 1974)
page_title: Clinical psychology
short_description: Branch of medicine devoted to mental disorders
...that there was a lighthouse on the roof of The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, which could be seen by ships 29 kilometres away?

page_title: Lighthouse
short_description: Structure designed to emit light to aid navigation
page_title: The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
short_description: Hotel in Singapore
...that, at the age of 21, Henry III's favorite Anne de Joyeuse enjoyed precedence over all other dukes and peers of France, with the exception of the Capetians?

page_title: Henry III of France
short_description: King of France from 1574 to 1589
page_title: Anne de Joyeuse
short_description: French noble and military commander (c. 1560–1587)
page_title: Duke
short_description: Monarchy and nobility title
page_title: Peerage of France
short_description: Title of honor within the French nobility
page_title: France
short_description: Country primarily in Western Europe
page_title: House of Capet
short_description: Royal house of France from 987 to 1328
...that shortly after Appalachian State's 2007 college football upset of Michigan at Michigan, ecstatic Appalachian State students tore down a goalpost at their own stadium 600 miles (1000 km) away?

page_title: 2007 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
short_description: American college football season
page_title: College football
short_description: College version of American/Canadian gridiron football
page_title: 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game
short_description: American college football game that took place in Michigan in 2007
page_title: 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team
short_description: American college football season
page_title: Michigan Stadium
short_description: Home stadium of the Michigan Wolverines. Ann Arbor, Michigan
page_title: Appalachian State University
short_description: Public university in Boone, North Carolina, US
page_title: Kidd Brewer Stadium
short_description: Stadium in North Carolina
...that westbound trains can arrive unexpectedly on the eastbound track at Bedminster railway station to ease congestion at nearby Bristol Temple Meads?

page_title: Bedminster railway station
short_description: Railway station in Bristol, England
page_title: Bristol Temple Meads railway station
short_description: Major railway station for the city of Bristol, England
...that a portion of the money used to purchase land for the publicly owned Noble Woods Park in Hillsboro, Oregon, came from private pledges?

page_title: Noble Woods Park
short_description: Nature trail in Hillsboro, OR
page_title: Hillsboro, Oregon
short_description: City in Oregon, United States
page_title: Oregon
short_description: U.S. state
...that water vapor is probably present in the tenuous atmosphere of Mercury, being brought to the planet by comets?

page_title: Water vapor
short_description: Gaseous phase of water
page_title: Atmosphere of Mercury
short_description: Gas layer surrounding planet Mercury
page_title: Mercury (planet)
short_description: First planet from the Sun
page_title: Comet
short_description: Natural object in space that releases gas
...that the German Communist Martin Hoop, who was arrested and murdered by the Nazi regime in 1933, was an undercover agent for the Communists?

page_title: Communist Party of Germany
short_description: Political party in Germany (1919–1946/1956)
page_title: Martin Hoop
page_title: Nazi Party
short_description: Far-right political party in Germany (1920–1945)
...that Charles de Talleyrand described his wife, Catherine Grand (pictured), as "an Indian, very beautiful, very lazy, the most idle woman he had ever known"?

page_title: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
short_description: French secularized clergyman, statesman, and diplomat (1754–1838)
page_title: Catherine Grand
short_description: French salon-holder (1761–1835)
...that the luxurious Kazanowski Palace in Warsaw, built in the 1620s, was destroyed in the 1650s and never rebuilt?

page_title: Kazanowski Palace
short_description: Building in Warsaw, Poland
page_title: Warsaw
short_description: Capital and largest city of Poland
...that Singapore's DHL Balloon is the world's largest tethered helium balloon?

page_title: Singapore
short_description: Island country in Southeast Asia
page_title: DHL Balloon
short_description: Tethered helium balloon in Singapore in operation between 2006 and 2008
page_title: Gas balloon
short_description: Balloon containing gases which are lighter than air
...that stained glass in Marston Bigot church in Somerset, England is from the abbey of Altenberg in Germany and depicts a scene from the early life of St Bernard?

page_title: Marston Bigot
short_description: Village in Somerset, England
page_title: Somerset
short_description: County in South West England
page_title: England
short_description: Country within the United Kingdom
page_title: Altenberg, Saxony
short_description: Place in Saxony, Germany
page_title: Germany
short_description: Country in Europe
page_title: Saint Bernard
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
...that the Shelly was an Israeli cargo vessel that sank after being accidentally rammed by a cruise liner, killing two crewmembers?

page_title: MV Shelly
page_title: Israel
short_description: Country in West Asia
page_title: Cargo ship
short_description: Ship or vessel that carries goods and materials
page_title: Cruise ship
short_description: Passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
...that the real objective of the 1732 Treaty of Three Black Eagles, where Prussia, Austria and Russia agreed to support the Portuguese Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém in elections to the Polish throne, was to create a rift between France and Prussia?

page_title: Treaty of the Three Black Eagles
short_description: 1732 treaty between Austria, Russia, and Prussia
page_title: Prussia
short_description: German state from 1525 to 1947
page_title: Austria
short_description: Country in Central Europe
page_title: Russia
short_description: Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
page_title: Portugal
short_description: Country in Southwestern Europe
page_title: Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém
short_description: Portuguese infante (1697–1766)
page_title: Election
short_description: Process by which a population chooses the holder of a public office
page_title: List of Polish monarchs
page_title: France
short_description: Country primarily in Western Europe
...that the Singapore Government has introduced the "Punggol 21-plus" plan to re-vitalise Punggol New Town (pictured), after an unsuccessful attempt in the late 1990s?

page_title: Government of Singapore
page_title: Punggol
short_description: Planning Area and HDB Town in the North-East Region, Singapore
...that Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi‎ became the first Muslim commander ever to cross the Pyrenees mountain range in 717?

page_title: Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi
short_description: 8th-century Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
page_title: Muslims
short_description: Adherents of Islam
page_title: Pyrenees
short_description: Range of mountains in southwest Europe
page_title: Mountain range
short_description: Geographic area containing several geologically related mountains
page_title: 717
short_description: Calendar year
...that James Dahlman, Omaha, Nebraska's "perpetual mayor," was regarded as the "wettest mayor in America" after the number of saloons doubled during his term?

page_title: James Dahlman
short_description: American mayor
page_title: Omaha, Nebraska
short_description: Largest city in Nebraska, US
page_title: Bar (establishment)
short_description: Establishment serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
...that Queen Victoria sanctioned the British South Africa Company to issue the British South Africa Company Medal in honour of the troops who served in the Matabele Wars?

page_title: Queen Victoria
short_description: Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
page_title: British South Africa Company
short_description: British colonial company, 1889–1965
page_title: British South Africa Company Medal
short_description: Award
page_title: First Matabele War
short_description: 1893–94 British invasion of the Ndebele Kingdom
...that Portuguese soldier and explorer Francisco Barreto led an expedition to Monomotapa in search of legendary gold mines, but died along the way from tropical diseases, as did many of his men?

page_title: Portugal
short_description: Country in Southwestern Europe
page_title: Francisco Barreto
short_description: Portuguese colonial governor
page_title: Mutapa Empire
short_description: Empire in Southern Africa from the 15th to late-19th centuries
...that Emmy-nominated actor Leon Russom has portrayed two different characters in two different branches of the Star Trek franchise?

page_title: Emmy Awards
short_description: American television awards
page_title: Leon Russom
short_description: American actor
page_title: Star Trek
short_description: American science fiction media franchise
...that  several mountains, a chain of craters, a learned society and a botanical genus are named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières?

page_title: Mountain
short_description: Large natural elevation of the Earth's surface
page_title: Volcanic crater
short_description: Roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
page_title: Learned society
short_description: Social entity established to pursue a scholarly field or academic discipline
page_title: Botany
short_description: Study of plant life
page_title: Genus
short_description: Taxonomic rank above species and below family
page_title: Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
...that the first direct observational evidence that Cygnus X-1 was a black hole was discovered at the David Dunlap Observatory (pictured) outside Toronto?

page_title: Cygnus X-1
short_description: Galactic X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus that is very likely a black hole
page_title: Black hole
short_description: Compact astronomical body
page_title: David Dunlap Observatory
short_description: Observatory
page_title: Toronto
short_description: Most populous city in Canada
...that the Polish historian and survivor of the Nazi German Operation Sonderaktion Krakau Stanisław Kutrzeba joined an underground university in defiance of Nazi edicts?

page_title: Poland
short_description: Country in Central Europe
page_title: Nazi Germany
short_description: German state from 1933 to 1945
page_title: Sonderaktion Krakau
short_description: World War II German operation in Poland
page_title: Stanisław Kutrzeba
short_description: Polish historian and politician
page_title: Education in Poland during World War II
short_description: Overview of education in occupied Poland during World War II
...that in 2005, during D1 Grand Prix's end of season US vs Japan event at Irwindale Speedway, U.S. drifting driver, Vaughn Gittin, Jr. became the first to break the all-Japanese stranglehold?

page_title: 2005 D1 Grand Prix series
page_title: D1 Grand Prix
short_description: Production car drifting series from Japan
page_title: Irwindale Event Center
short_description: Motorsport track in the United States
page_title: Drifting (motorsport)
short_description: Driving technique
page_title: Vaughn Gittin Jr.
short_description: American Drifter and racing driver
page_title: Japan
short_description: Country in East Asia
...that centenarian Nittoor Srinivasa Rau, was the first chief of the Central Vigilance Commission of India and also the first to translate Mahatama Gandhi's autobiography to Kannada?

page_title: Centenarian
short_description: Person who has turned 100 years old
page_title: Nittoor Srinivasa Rau
short_description: Indian judge and publisher (1903–2004)
page_title: Central Vigilance Commission
short_description: Apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption
page_title: India
short_description: Country in South Asia
page_title: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
short_description: Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
page_title: Kannada
short_description: Dravidian language
...that although the Youguo Temple collapsed in 1847 when the Yellow River flooded, its Iron Pagoda has survived six floods and remained intact for almost 1,000 years?

page_title: Youguo Temple
short_description: Buddhist temple in Kaifeng, China
page_title: Yellow River
short_description: Major river in China
page_title: Iron Pagoda
short_description: Historic building in Henan, PRC
...that Fred Astaire, Marlon Brando and Nick Nolte were all born to German-American families in Omaha, Nebraska?

page_title: Fred Astaire
short_description: American dancer and actor (1899–1987)
page_title: Marlon Brando
short_description: American actor (1924–2004)
page_title: Nick Nolte
short_description: American actor (born 1941)
page_title: Germans in Omaha, Nebraska
short_description: Ethnic group in Omaha, Nebraska, United States
page_title: Nebraska
short_description: U.S. state
...that the medieval village of Babington in Somerset, England was destroyed around 1705 to make way for a new Manor House?

page_title: Middle Ages
short_description: European history from the 5th to 15th centuries
page_title: Babington, Somerset
short_description: Village in Somerset, England
page_title: Somerset
short_description: County in South West England
page_title: England
short_description: Country within the United Kingdom
page_title: Manor house
short_description: Main residence of the lord of the manor
...that the largest sea turtles ever to have swum the oceans belonged to the family Protostegidae?

page_title: Sea turtle
short_description: Reptiles of the superfamily Chelonioidea
page_title: Protostegidae
short_description: Extinct family of turtles
...that the Permanent North American Gaeltacht (pictured) is an officially designated Irish speaking area in English/French speaking Ontario, Canada, the first of its kind outside of Ireland?

page_title: Permanent North American Gaeltacht
short_description: Irish-language training site in Ontario, Canada
page_title: Irish language
short_description: Celtic language indigenous to the island of Ireland
page_title: Ontario
short_description: Province of Canada
page_title: Ireland
short_description: Island in the North Atlantic Ocean
...that former basketball player Jim Krebs wrote a humorous article for Sports Illustrated about surviving a plane crash during his third season in the NBA?

page_title: Basketball
short_description: Team sport
page_title: Jim Krebs
short_description: American basketball player (1935–1965)
page_title: Sports Illustrated
short_description: American sports magazine
page_title: National Basketball Association
short_description: North American professional basketball league
...that model Albert Reed, selected to appear in September 2007 on the United States television show Dancing with the Stars, admits that he cannot dance?

page_title: Model (person)
short_description: Person serving as a visual aid
page_title: Albert Reed
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: United States
short_description: Country primarily in North America
page_title: Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 5
short_description: Season of television series
...that Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801–1822) was the first university student ever to self-identify as Estonian, thus contributing to the Estonian National Awakening?

page_title: Kristjan Jaak Peterson
short_description: Estonian writer
page_title: Estonians
short_description: Finnic ethnic group
page_title: Estonian national awakening
short_description: 1850s–1918 period of Estonian nationalism
...that as part of Smirnoff vodka's Sea advertising campaign, parent company Diageo toured England with an installation capable of making saline or polluted water potable?

page_title: Smirnoff
short_description: Vodka brand founded in Russia
page_title: Vodka
short_description: Clear distilled alcoholic beverage
page_title: Sea (advertisement)
short_description: 2007 advertising campaign for Smirnoff vodka
page_title: Advertising campaign
short_description: Advertisements based on a theme
page_title: Diageo
short_description: British multinational alcoholic beverage company
page_title: England
short_description: Country within the United Kingdom
page_title: Salinity
short_description: Proportion of salt dissolved in water
page_title: Water pollution
short_description: Contamination of water bodies
...that Scots' Dike was constructed by the English and the Scots in 1552 to mark the division of the Debatable Lands and thereby settle the exact boundary between the kingdoms of Scotland and England?

page_title: Scots' Dike
short_description: Cross dyke built as a Scotland-England border mark
page_title: 1552
short_description: Calendar year
page_title: Debatable Lands
short_description: Region in Great Britain
page_title: Scotland
short_description: Country within the United Kingdom
page_title: England
short_description: Country within the United Kingdom
...that Rachel Plummer wrote the first book about being a slave to the Comanche Native Americans?

page_title: Rachel Plummer
short_description: American writer (1819–1839)
page_title: Comanche
short_description: Plains Native North American tribe
page_title: Native Americans in the United States
short_description: Indigenous peoples of the United States
...that aiguillettes (pictured) are decorative tags or tips for cord or ribbon, usually of gold and sometimes set with gemstones or enameled, used to decorate 16th and 17th century clothing and hats?

page_title: Aiguillette
short_description: Ornamental braided cord worn on uniforms
page_title: Cord (sewing)
short_description: Trim made by twisting yarn strands together
page_title: Ribbon
short_description: Long and narrow band of material
page_title: Gemstone
short_description: Piece of mineral crystal used to make jewelry
page_title: Vitreous enamel
short_description: Material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing
page_title: 16th century
short_description: One hundred years, from 1501 to 1600
page_title: 17th century
short_description: One hundred years, from 1601 to 1700
page_title: Clothing
short_description: Objects worn to cover the body
page_title: Hat
short_description: Shaped head covering
...that Father Hyacinth (Jacek) Gulski had such a gift for singing that he was nicknamed the "Polish Nightingale"?

page_title: Hyacinth (Jacek) Gulski
short_description: American Roman Catholic priest (1847–1911)
page_title: Common nightingale
short_description: Species of bird
...that the short-lived Industrial Syndicalist Education League was both the first and the largest syndicalist organisation ever in the United Kingdom?

page_title: Industrial Syndicalist Education League
short_description: Political party
page_title: Syndicalism
short_description: Form of revolutionary organisation
page_title: United Kingdom
short_description: Country in northwestern Europe
...that American folklorist Helen Hartness Flanders recorded, transcribed and catalogued traditional ballads from New England at a time when people were ceasing to sing them?

page_title: United States
short_description: Country primarily in North America
page_title: Helen Hartness Flanders
short_description: American historian
...that the use of turtle excluder devices has decreased the number of sea turtles accidentally killed by shrimp fishermen by 97%?

page_title: Turtle excluder device
short_description: Device for freeing sea turtles from bycatch
page_title: Sea turtle
short_description: Reptiles of the superfamily Chelonioidea
page_title: Shrimp fishery
short_description: Fisheries for shrimp and prawns
...that photographer Hans Namuth took over 500 black and white images of abstract expressionist artist Jackson Pollock at work in his studio in 1950?

page_title: Hans Namuth
short_description: American photographer (1915–1990)
page_title: Abstract expressionism
short_description: American post–World War II art movement
page_title: Jackson Pollock
short_description: American painter (1912–1956)
...that Henry III of France took to calling Catherine of Cleves "the mistress of Saint-Mégrin", in reference to a young nobleman killed by her illustrious husband?

page_title: Henry III of France
short_description: King of France from 1574 to 1589
page_title: Catherine of Cleves
short_description: French countess (1548–1633)
page_title: Henri I, Duke of Guise
short_description: Duke of Guise (1551–1588)
...that eighty years on, scientists are still debating whether the Palæozoic fossils known as Chitinozoans (SEM image pictured) represent plants, animals or eggs?

page_title: Paleozoic
short_description: First era of the Phanerozoic Eon
page_title: Fossil
short_description: Preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
page_title: Chitinozoan
short_description: Group of marine microfossils
page_title: Scanning electron microscope
short_description: Type of electron microscope
...that the Hypothenemus hampei, a small  coleopter insect native to  Africa, is recognized for being the most harmful pest to coffee crops worldwide?

page_title: Hypothenemus hampei
short_description: Species of beetle
page_title: Coleopter
short_description: VTOL aircraft with ducted fan fuselage
page_title: Insect
short_description: Class of arthropods
page_title: Africa
short_description: Continent
page_title: Coffee
short_description: Brewed beverage
...that the Lobel's Maple is one of very few trees that grow with a narrow, erect crown, known as a fastigiate form, naturally?

page_title: Acer lobelii
short_description: Species of maple
...that aeronautics engineer Paul Moller plans to sell the M200G Volantor, a flying saucer-style aircraft, in the United States by early 2008?

page_title: Paul Moller
short_description: Canadian engineer (born 1936)
page_title: Moller M200G Volantor
short_description: Hovercraft prototype designed by Paul Moller
page_title: Flying saucer
short_description: Purported disk-shaped aircraft