wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that John L. Whitehead Jr. (pictured) was the first African American to graduate from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School?<!--Special occasion hook for February Black History Month-->

page_title: John L. Whitehead Jr.
short_description: African-American United States Air Force officer
page_title: U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
short_description: US Air Force's advanced flight training school
... that most of the scenes in Yucatán were filmed onboard the MS Sovereign during a transatlantic crossing, with the ship's actual passengers and crew acting as extras?

page_title: Yucatán (film)
short_description: 2018 comedy film directed by Daniel Monzón
page_title: MS Sovereign
short_description: Cruise ship (1987–2020)
page_title: Transatlantic crossing
short_description: Passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean
page_title: Extra (acting)
short_description: Nonspeaking or nonsinging acting role
... that David Timm, the director of music at Leipzig University, recorded his Jazz-Messe together with Reger's Der 100. Psalm?

page_title: David Timm
short_description: German pianist and choir director
page_title: Leipzig University
short_description: University in Leipzig, Germany
page_title: Max Reger
short_description: German composer, musician, conductor, and teacher (1873–1916)
page_title: Der 100. Psalm
short_description: Music composition by Max Reger
... that SAP SE, Aetna, Mrs. Fields Original Cookies, and Brooklyn Union Gas have all been managed by wire?

page_title: SAP
short_description: German multinational enterprise-software company
page_title: Aetna
short_description: American insurance company
page_title: Mrs. Fields
short_description: American food company specializing in cookies
page_title: KeySpan
short_description: American natural gas company
page_title: Managing by wire
... that from 1977 to 1982, Pierre Cangioni presented Téléfoot, France's first dedicated football television programme?

page_title: Pierre Cangioni
short_description: French sports journalist (born 1939)
page_title: Téléfoot
short_description: French television programme
page_title: Association football
short_description: Team sport played with a ball
... that artificial alternatives to DNA called XNA have been proposed to reduce some hazards of synthetic biology by preventing gene flow to natural organisms?

page_title: Xeno nucleic acid
short_description: Synthetic nucleic acid analogues
page_title: Hazards of synthetic biology
short_description: Dangers presented by artificial and modified organisms
... that German entomologist Ferdinand Rudow was described as "undoubtedly the most incompetent" taxonomist working with Ichneumonidae?

page_title: Ferdinand Rudow
short_description: German entomologist (1840–1920)
page_title: Ichneumonidae
short_description: Family of wasps
... that members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce stole the Pioneer Square totem pole from a Tlingit village in 1899 and gifted it to the City of Seattle?

page_title: Pioneer Square totem pole
short_description: Historic totem pole in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
page_title: Tlingit
short_description: Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
page_title: Seattle
short_description: City in Washington, United States
... that the head of the emperor goose (pictured) frequently turns from white to reddish-brown in summer, due to its feeding in tidal pools with iron oxide?

page_title: Emperor goose
short_description: Species of bird
page_title: Iron oxide
short_description: Class of chemical compounds composed of iron and oxygen
... that Chang Ya-chung was elected to the National Assembly in 2005, but resigned on the first day to protest the parliament's formation?

page_title: Chang Ya-chung
short_description: Taiwanese political scientist
page_title: National Assembly (Republic of China)
short_description: 1947–2005 electoral college and constitutional convention in the East Asian country
... that Connect Airways, a consortium that includes Virgin Atlantic, was created to take over Flybe—which had previously absorbed Virgin's domestic operations at Heathrow Airport?

page_title: Connect Airways
short_description: British business consortium
page_title: Virgin Atlantic
short_description: Airline of the United Kingdom
page_title: Flybe
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: Heathrow Airport
short_description: Main airport serving London, England
... that Shubulade Smith has spoken up against perceived racism at Maudsley Hospital?<!--Special occasion hook for February (Black History Month)-->

page_title: Shubulade Smith
short_description: British academic
page_title: Maudsley Hospital
short_description: Psychiatric hospital in London, England
... that the Leipziger Universitätschor, part of centuries of music at Leipzig University, received an Echo Klassik for a recording of Hugo Distler's Liturgische Gesänge?

page_title: Leipziger Universitätschor
short_description: University choir of the University of Leipzig
page_title: Leipziger Universitätsmusik
page_title: Echo Klassik
short_description: Former German award for classical music (1994–2018)
page_title: Hugo Distler
short_description: German organist, conductor, teacher and composer
... that Swedish handball player Johan Jepson was the first on his team to be honoured with a testimonial match?

page_title: Handball
short_description: Team sport with two teams of seven players each
page_title: Johan Jepson
short_description: Swedish handball player (born 1985)
page_title: IFK Kristianstad
short_description: Swedish handball club
page_title: Testimonial match
short_description: Type of non-competitive sports competition
... that due to an illegal electoral pact, the Scottish burgh of Stirling lost the right to elect a Member of Parliament in 1773?

page_title: Black Bond
short_description: 1773 agreement
page_title: Stirling
short_description: City in Scotland
page_title: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
short_description: Representative in the House of Commons
... that in a story known in the Middle Ages, the sons of a dead king shoot arrows at his corpse?

page_title: The Dead King and his Three Sons
short_description: Medieval and Renaissance story
... that Hilda Ranscombe (pictured) captained a team that won ten consecutive Ladies Ontario Hockey Association championships?

page_title: Hilda Ranscombe
short_description: Canadian ice hockey player (1913–1998)
page_title: Preston Rivulettes
short_description: Canadian women's ice hockey team
page_title: Ladies Ontario Hockey Association
... that the seaweed Padina boergesenii has been investigated for use as a bioindicator of heavy metal contamination?

page_title: Padina boergesenii
short_description: Species of alga
page_title: Bioindicator
short_description: Species that reveals the status of an environment
page_title: Metal toxicity
short_description: Harmful effects of certain metals
... that Manny Parra's perfect game in 2007 was just the third nine-inning perfect game in the Pacific Coast League's hundred-year history?

page_title: Manny Parra's perfect game
page_title: Perfect game
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: Pacific Coast League
short_description: Triple-A baseball league in the Western U.S.
... that Saleh Mohammad is the first politician from Jaisalmer district to become a minister of Rajasthan, India?

page_title: Saleh Mohammad (Indian politician)
short_description: Indian politician (born 1977)
page_title: Jaisalmer district
short_description: District in Rajasthan, India
page_title: Rajasthan
short_description: State in northwestern India
... that Francis Ford Coppola said he added "five three-minute nudie sketches in color to a stupid German movie that had been shot in black-and-white"?

page_title: Francis Ford Coppola
short_description: American filmmaker (born 1939)
page_title: The Bellboy and the Playgirls
short_description: 1962 film
... that Oscar de Beaux, in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics", was one of the first people to argue that conserving nature is ethical?

page_title: Oscar de Beaux
short_description: Italian naturalist
... that Louise Creighton and Kathleen Lyttelton founded the Cambridge University Ladies Dining Society in 1890 "not without an idea of retaliating on the husbands who dined in College"?

page_title: Louise Creighton
short_description: British activist and writer (1850–1936)
page_title: Kathleen Lyttelton
short_description: British women's activist (1856–1907)
page_title: Ladies Dining Society
short_description: Cambridge activist group, founded 1890
... that lava can form gas-filled balloons that float on water?

page_title: Lava balloon
short_description: Floating bubble of lava
... that the population of Kunság (banner pictured) was "almost entirely wiped out" during the Ottoman occupation, before recovering through re-colonization?

page_title: Kunság
short_description: Historical Cuman region of central Hungary
page_title: Ottoman Hungary
short_description: Region of the Ottoman Empire (1541–1699)
... that Maria Guajardo doctoral dissertation on educational attainment among Latina teens led to her hiring as Dropout Prevention Coordinator for the Colorado Department of Education?

page_title: Maria Guajardo
short_description: American educator and advocate
page_title: Latino
short_description: Topics referred to by the same term
page_title: Colorado Department of Education
short_description: State department in Colorado, United States
... that after winning a professional wrestling match at NWA New Years Clash, David Arquette shaved off the hair of his opponent?

page_title: Professional wrestling
short_description: Form of athletic theater
page_title: NWA New Years Clash
short_description: 2019 National Wrestling Alliance event
page_title: David Arquette
short_description: American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler (born 1971)
... that Andrew Cudworth popularised the classification of diabetes into type 1 and type 2?

page_title: Andrew Cudworth
short_description: English medical researcher (1939–82)
page_title: Type 1 diabetes
short_description: Form of diabetes mellitus
page_title: Type 2 diabetes
short_description: Form of diabetes mellitus
... that the SurfSafe browser extension is meant to combat fake news by spotting altered or misleadingly used images as they appear to a user?

page_title: SurfSafe
short_description: Web browser extension intended to spot altered or misleading images
page_title: Browser extension
short_description: Program that extends the functionality of a web browser
page_title: Fake news
short_description: False or misleading information presented as real
... that Joseph A. Sellinger oversaw the merger of Mount Saint Agnes College into Loyola College in Maryland in 1971?

page_title: Joseph A. Sellinger
short_description: American Jesuit educator
page_title: Mount Saint Agnes College
short_description: Catholic women's college in Baltimore, Maryland US
page_title: Loyola University Maryland
short_description: Jesuit university in Baltimore, Maryland, US
... that director Jon M. Chu pushed back production on Crazy Rich Asians by four months so actress Constance Wu could star in it?

page_title: Jon M. Chu
short_description: American filmmaker (born 1979)
page_title: Crazy Rich Asians
short_description: 2018 film by Jon M. Chu
page_title: Constance Wu
short_description: American actress (born 1982)
... that in 1990, hornist, conductor, and composer Siegfried Geißler opened the inaugural session of the first Parliament of Thuringia?

page_title: Siegfried Geißler
short_description: German composer, hornist and politician
page_title: Landtag of Thuringia
short_description: Parliament of Thuringia, Germany
... that the OK gesture (pictured) can stand for the evil eye, the letter F, the number 9, the rising and setting of the sun, or to signal that a scuba diver is safe?

page_title: OK gesture
short_description: Hand gesture
page_title: Evil eye
short_description: Curse brought by a malevolent glare
page_title: Scuba diving
short_description: Swimming underwater, breathing gas carried by the diver
... that "Three Incarnations" by Pu Songling may have been inspired by certain stories in Feng Menglong's Stories to Caution the World?

page_title: Three Incarnations
short_description: Short story by Pu Songling
page_title: Pu Songling
short_description: Chinese writer (1640–1715)
page_title: Feng Menglong
short_description: Chinese historian, novelist, and poet (1574–1646)
page_title: Stories to Caution the World
short_description: Book by Feng Menglong
... that Arthur Blackburn was the first South Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross in World ?

page_title: Arthur Blackburn
short_description: Australian lawyer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
page_title: South Australia
short_description: State of Australia
page_title: Victoria Cross
short_description: Highest military decoration for valour in the UK
... that the Indian organisation Poovulagin Nanbargal filed a case to prevent the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant?

page_title: Poovulagin Nanbargal
short_description: Indian environmental organisation
page_title: Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
short_description: Nuclear power plant in India
... that a small group of Holocaust survivors tried to kill six million Germans?

page_title: Nakam
short_description: Jewish partisan militia
... that Stephen Twinoburyo, a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the 2010 FIFA World Cup that took place in his new country?

page_title: Stephen Twinoburyo
short_description: Ugandan mathematician
page_title: 2010 FIFA World Cup
short_description: Association football tournament in South Africa
... that while the Irish horror film The Green Marker Scare was animated by children, it is not made for them and may even unsettle some adults?

page_title: The Green Marker Scare
short_description: 2012 Irish film
... that merchant George Meade was once considered a patriot of the American Revolution, but his firm actually profited from both sides during the war?

page_title: George Meade (merchant)
short_description: American merchant, politician and slave trader
page_title: American Revolution
short_description: Founding of the United States
... that Edgar Degas's Les Choristes (shown), stolen in 2009 from the Musée Cantini in Marseille, France, was found in the luggage compartment of a bus outside Paris a year ago today?<!--Special occasion hook for February 16-->

page_title: Edgar Degas
short_description: French Impressionist artist (1834–1917)
page_title: Les Choristes
short_description: 1877 pastel by Edgar Degas
page_title: Musée Cantini
short_description: Art museum in Marseille, France
page_title: Marseille
short_description: City in southern France
... that Megan Marie Hart has performed on stage in Detmold, Germany, as Puccini's Tosca and was soprano soloist in Mahler's Resurrection Symphony?

page_title: Megan Marie Hart
short_description: American opera singer
page_title: Detmold
short_description: Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
page_title: Tosca
short_description: 1900 opera by Giacomo Puccini
page_title: Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
short_description: Symphony by Gustav Mahler
... that Rudyard Kipling may have coined the term "infantillery" to refer to the Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles?

page_title: Rudyard Kipling
short_description: English writer and poet (1865–1936)
page_title: Royal Artillery Mounted Rifles
short_description: Military unit
... that Firhad Hakim is the first Muslim to become the Mayor of Kolkata since Indian independence?

page_title: Firhad Hakim
short_description: Indian politician (born 1959)
page_title: List of mayors of Kolkata
... that an extract of peacock's tail is effective against the red cotton stainer?

page_title: Padina pavonica
short_description: Species of brown alga
page_title: Dysdercus cingulatus
short_description: Insect species
... that Asim Chaudhry, who plays Chabuddy G in People Just Do Nothing, starred as an Asian Donald Trump in the 2016 short film Donald Mohammed Trump?

page_title: Asim Chaudhry
short_description: British comedian and actor (born 1986)
page_title: People Just Do Nothing
short_description: British mockumentary sitcom
page_title: Donald Trump
short_description: President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
... that the capital of the Arizona Territory moved from Prescott to Tucson, back to Prescott, and then to Phoenix in its first 25 years?

page_title: Arizona Territory capitals
short_description: Capital cities of pre-statehood Arizona
page_title: Prescott, Arizona
short_description: City in Arizona, United States
page_title: Tucson, Arizona
short_description: City in Arizona, United States
page_title: Phoenix, Arizona
short_description: Capital and most populous city of Arizona, U.S.
... that the name of the Japanese idol group Crown Pop was not made public until their live debut?

page_title: Japanese idol
short_description: Type of entertainer
page_title: Crown Pop
short_description: Musical artist
... that some sources believe Adele Spitzeder (pictured) created the first documented Ponzi scheme in 1869?

page_title: Adele Spitzeder
short_description: German actress, folk singer, and con artist (1832–1895)
page_title: Ponzi scheme
short_description: Type of financial fraud
... that the rhythm of the call of the fulvous owl has been likened to Morse code?

page_title: Fulvous owl
short_description: Species of owl
page_title: Morse code
short_description: Transmission of language with brief pulses
... that director Manoel de Oliveira completed the 2009 feature film Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl at the age of 100?

page_title: Manoel de Oliveira
short_description: Portuguese film director, screenwriter and racing driver (1908–2015)
page_title: Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
short_description: 2009 Portuguese film
... that Hawaiian legislator Pius F. Koakanu was beaten by rioters because of his support for King Kalākaua in the monarchial election of 1874?

page_title: Pius F. Koakanu
short_description: Hawaiian high chief
page_title: Kalākaua
short_description: King of Hawaii from 1874 to 1891
page_title: Honolulu Courthouse riot
short_description: Riot after election of King Kalākaua
... that Boybuloq Cave, the deepest in Asia, is located near Uzbekistan's highest village?

page_title: Boybuloq
short_description: Cave in Uzbekistan
... that in 2017, the Tucson Girls Chorus opened the city's first public choir for girls and boys with special needs?

page_title: Tucson Girls Chorus
short_description: Arizona based choir
page_title: Tucson, Arizona
short_description: City in Arizona, United States
page_title: Special needs
short_description: People who require assistance for disabilities
... that after he was named heir apparent to owner George Steinbrenner in 2005, Steve Swindal was bought out of the New York Yankees in 2007?

page_title: George Steinbrenner
short_description: American businessman (1930–2010)
page_title: Steve Swindal
short_description: American businessman
page_title: New York Yankees
short_description: Major League Baseball franchise
... that Shin Hyun-hwak was Prime Minister of South Korea for less than six months?

page_title: Shin Hyun-hwak
short_description: South Korean politician (1920–2007)
page_title: Prime Minister of South Korea
short_description: Deputy head of government of South Korea
... that Guth Au Bois de Boulogne (shown) depicts a fashionable crowd, including the courtesans Liane de Pougy and La Belle Otero?

page_title: Jean Baptiste Guth
short_description: French portrait artist
page_title: Liane de Pougy
short_description: French courtesan, dancer and novelist (1869–1950)
page_title: La Belle Otero
short_description: Spanish dancer, actress and courtesan in France
... that the work of physician Elizabeth Ross is still commemorated annually in Serbia despite her having spent only three weeks in the country?<!--Special occasion hook for February 14-->

page_title: Elizabeth Ness MacBean Ross
short_description: Scottish physician (1878 - 1915)
... that Eidyn, a Brittonic district of the Early Middle Ages in present-day Scotland, is the source for Edinburgh's name?

page_title: Eidyn
short_description: Region around Edinburgh
page_title: Celtic Britons
short_description: Ancient Celtic people of Great Britain
page_title: Edinburgh
short_description: Capital city of Scotland
... that Liberian-American author Wayétu Moore, once a war refugee, founded a nonprofit organization which publishes culturally relevant books for children in countries with low literacy rates?

page_title: Wayétu Moore
short_description: Liberian-American author
page_title: First Liberian Civil War
short_description: 1989–1997 war in West Africa
page_title: Nonprofit organization
short_description: Organization operated for a collective benefit
... that the Israeli video game Piposh, to be released in 2019, will be a reboot of the original 1999 game of the same name?

page_title: Piposh (2021 video game)
short_description: 2021 video game
page_title: Reboot (fiction)
short_description: Term used in serial fiction
page_title: Piposh
short_description: Israeli video game series
... that the law center at Willamette University is named in honor of Oregon businessman and philanthropist Truman W. Collins?

page_title: Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center
short_description: Building on the Willamette University campus in Salem, Oregon, U.S.
page_title: Willamette University
short_description: Private university in Salem, Oregon, U.S.
page_title: Oregon
short_description: U.S. state
page_title: Truman W. Collins
short_description: American businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist
... that construction on the Thessaloniki Metro triggered the largest-ever archaeological dig in northern Greece, unearthing more than 300,000 individual artefacts?

page_title: Thessaloniki Metro
short_description: Greek driverless rapid-transit system
page_title: Archaeological excavation
short_description: Exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains
... that the BAFTA-winning documentary 73 Cows tells the story of Jay and Katja Wilde, beef farmers who gave most of their cows to the Hillside Animal Sanctuary and took up vegan organic farming?

page_title: British Academy of Film and Television Arts
short_description: Independent trade association and charity
page_title: 73 Cows
short_description: 2018 British film
page_title: Hillside Animal Sanctuary
short_description: Animal sanctuary
page_title: Vegan organic agriculture
short_description: Organic agriculture with minimal animal products
... that the golden-headed cisticola (pictured) has been described as the "finest tailor of all birds"?

page_title: Golden-headed cisticola
short_description: Species of bird
... that Gord Renwick was part of the inaugural class of the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2012?<!--Special occasion hook for February 13-->

page_title: Gord Renwick
short_description: Canadian ice hockey administrator (1935–2021)
page_title: Order of Hockey in Canada
short_description: Canadian ice hockey award
... that SPLA rebels captured a large amount of military equipment from the Sudanese Armed Forces during Operation Thunderbolt, but found much of it had degraded and was of no use?

page_title: South Sudan People's Defence Forces
short_description: Combined military forces of South Sudan
page_title: Sudanese Armed Forces
short_description: Combined military forces of Sudan
page_title: Operation Thunderbolt (1997)
short_description: SPLA-led offensive against the Sudanese government
... that when Willem Kloos said to Jacques Perk that they were the only two young talented poets in the Netherlands, Perk mentioned his childhood friend Augusta Peaux as a third?

page_title: Willem Kloos
short_description: Dutch poet and literary critic
page_title: Jacques Perk
short_description: Dutch poet (1859–1881)
page_title: Augusta Peaux
short_description: Dutch poet (1859–1944)