wikimedia/wiki-dyk huggingface dataset:
... that Barnabas Burns wrote to Ulysses S. Grant in 1863 asking him to run for President of the United States as a Democrat against Abraham Lincoln?

page_title: Barnabas Burns
short_description: American politician
page_title: Ulysses S. Grant
short_description: Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
page_title: Democratic Party (United States)
short_description: Political party in the United States
page_title: Abraham Lincoln
short_description: President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
... that when danger threatens, one of the young of the bicolored shrew grips its mother while the others join on behind forming a chain?

page_title: Bicolored shrew
short_description: Species of mammal
... that the anarchist chef Joseph Favre (pictured) created a "diabolical" vol-au-vent for the Empress Eugénie?

page_title: Joseph Favre
short_description: Swiss chef and socialist (1849–1903)
page_title: Vol-au-vent
short_description: Puff pastry originating in France
page_title: Eugénie de Montijo
short_description: Empress of the French from 1853 to 1870
... that the Steilneset Memorial contains 91 windows, a 410-foot-long fabric cocoon, seven oval mirrors and a burning chair?

page_title: Steilneset Memorial
short_description: Monument in Vardø, Norway
... that Christina Aguilera portrayed Marilyn Monroe in the music video for "Tilt Ya Head Back"?

page_title: Christina Aguilera
short_description: American singer and songwriter (born 1980)
page_title: Christina Aguilera videography
page_title: Marilyn Monroe
short_description: American actress and model (1926–1962)
page_title: Tilt Ya Head Back
short_description: 2004 single by Nelly
... that Vedanta Society of New York (VSNY) was the first Vedanta Society, founded by Swami Vivekananda in New York in November 1894?<!--Special occasion request for September 19-->

page_title: Vedanta Society of New York
short_description: Hindu society
page_title: Vedanta Society
short_description: Religious organisation
page_title: Swami Vivekananda
short_description: Indian monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
... that Natchez traditionalist Archie Sam hunted with the Inughuit in Northern Greenland during World War II?

page_title: Natchez people
short_description: Historical Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands
page_title: Archie Sam
page_title: Inughuit
short_description: Inuit in Greenland
... that male eastern mouse spiders often fall into swimming pools while looking for a mate?

page_title: Missulena bradleyi
short_description: Species of spider from Australia known as the eastern mouse spider
... that the Japanese battleship Settsu (pictured) simulated the radio traffic of all six aircraft carriers of the 1st Air Fleet at the beginning of the Pacific War in an effort to deceive the Allies as to their location?

page_title: Japanese battleship Settsu
short_description: Imperial Japanese Navy's Kawachi-class battleship
page_title: 1st Air Fleet
short_description: Imperial Japanese Navy unit during the Pacific War
page_title: Pacific War
short_description: Theater of World War II
page_title: Allies of World War II
short_description: Military coalition of World War II
... that Nani Widjaja has played a mother or grandmother in many of her 111 film roles?

page_title: Nani Widjaja
short_description: Indonesian actress (1944–2023)
... that the best error rate a computer program has gotten on the MNIST database of handwritten digits is 0.23 percent?

page_title: MNIST database
short_description: Database of handwritten digits
... that Ben Lashes is an Internet meme talent manager whose clients include Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat, Grumpy Cat, Scumbag Steve and Ridiculously Photogenic Guy?

page_title: Ben Lashes
short_description: American talent manager
page_title: Internet meme
short_description: Cultural item spread via the Internet
page_title: Talent manager
short_description: Person or company that guides the career of an artist
page_title: Keyboard Cat
short_description: Internet meme
page_title: Nyan Cat
short_description: Internet meme
page_title: Grumpy Cat
short_description: Cat and internet meme celebrity (2012–2019)
page_title: Ridiculously Photogenic Guy
... that Spock Must Die! and Spock, Messiah! were the first two original novels for adults to be written in the Star Trek universe?

page_title: Spock Must Die!
short_description: 1970 novel by James Blish
page_title: Spock, Messiah!
short_description: 1976 novel by Theodore R. Cogswell and Charles A. Spano, Jr
page_title: Star Trek
short_description: American science fiction media franchise
... that Henry Sewell, New Zealand's first Premier, much regretted the Simeon family return to England as they were the only people he and his wife socialised with?

page_title: Henry Sewell
short_description: Premier of New Zealand in 1856
page_title: Prime Minister of New Zealand
short_description: Head of government of New Zealand
page_title: Charles Simeon (colonist)
short_description: New Zealand colonist (1816–1867)
... that when he left the United States Senate in 1897, John Sherman (pictured) had served longer in that body than any other Senator in its history?

page_title: United States Senate
short_description: Upper house of the US Congress
page_title: John Sherman
short_description: American politician (1823–1900)
... that, as a prize for having written "O Armatolos", Bulgarian poet Grigor Parlichev was awarded a laurel wreath by king Otto of Greece?

page_title: O Armatolos
short_description: 1860 poem by Grigor Parlichev
page_title: Grigor Parlichev
short_description: Bulgarian writer (1830–1893)
page_title: Laurel wreath
short_description: Wreath made of branches and leaves of the bay laurel
page_title: Monarchy of Greece
page_title: Otto of Greece
short_description: King of Greece from 1832 to 1862
... that Malin Diaz scored the game-winning goal during extra time for Sweden to win the 2012 UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship?

page_title: Malin Diaz
short_description: Swedish football midfielder
page_title: 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
short_description: International football competition
... that the extinct Actinidia oregonensis was the first kiwi relative described from North America?

page_title: Actinidia oregonensis
short_description: Extinct species of vine
page_title: Actinidia
short_description: Genus of plants native to temperate eastern Asia
... that Watt Sam and Nancy Raven were the last fluent speakers of the Natchez language?

page_title: Watt Sam
short_description: American Natchez storyteller (1876–1944)
page_title: Nancy Raven
short_description: Last speaker of the Natchez language (1872–1957)
page_title: Natchez language
short_description: Extinct indigenous language of Mississippi and Louisiana
... that 1970s propaganda in the People's Republic of Poland exploited the technique of exaggerating political and economic successes?

page_title: Propaganda in the Polish People's Republic
page_title: Propaganda of success
... that the Roman emperor Commodus (pictured) had the month of September renamed after either himself or Hercules from 184 until his death in 192?

page_title: Roman emperor
short_description: Ruler of the Roman Empire
page_title: Commodus
short_description: Roman emperor from 177 to 192
page_title: September (Roman month)
short_description: Seventh of ten months on the ancient Roman calendar
page_title: Hercules in ancient Rome
... that "more than half of all wild Danish plant species" exist at Mols Bjerge National Park?

page_title: Mols Bjerge National Park
short_description: Danish national park
... that during World War II, Lieutenant Colonel John Lansdale, Jr. accompanied the Alsos Mission when it seized 1,000 tons of uranium ore, and captured German nuclear energy project scientists?

page_title: John Lansdale Jr.
short_description: United States Army colonel
page_title: Alsos Mission
short_description: Allied scientific intelligence operation during World War II
page_title: German nuclear program during World War II
short_description: Research project in Nazi Germany
... that the 1970 Bhiwandi Riots caused the deaths of 250 people?

page_title: 1970 Bhiwandi riots
short_description: Civil riot in Bhiwandi, India
... that Felicia Mabuza-Suttle was voted as the 70th greatest South African in history on Great South Africans?

page_title: Felicia Mabuza-Suttle
short_description: South African talk show hostess
page_title: Great South Africans
short_description: South African television series
... that in the constellation Hydrus there is a star that may have nine planets?

page_title: Hydrus
short_description: Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
page_title: HD 10180
short_description: Star in the constellation Hydrus
page_title: Exoplanet
short_description: Planet outside of the Solar System
... that Tatuidris tatusia (pictured) is the only ant species with an antenna socket apparatus sitting upside-down?

page_title: Tatuidris
short_description: Genus of ants
page_title: Ant
short_description: Family of insects
page_title: Species
short_description: Basic unit of taxonomic classification, below genus
page_title: Antenna (zoology)
short_description: Paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods
... that, in 1901, missionaries to Goaribari Island were killed and cannibalised?

page_title: Missionary
short_description: Member of a religious group sent into an area to promote their faith
page_title: Goaribari Island
short_description: Island in southern Papua New Guinea
page_title: Cannibalism
short_description: Eating members of one's own species
... that the MY Single Band is a gel bracelet intended to be worn by single people to advertise their lack of a significant other?

page_title: Gel bracelet
short_description: Type of wristband
page_title: Gel bracelet
short_description: Type of wristband
page_title: Significant other
short_description: Person's partner in an intimate relationship
... that The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946) marked the first appearance of Gerald Mohr as the Lone Wolf?

page_title: The Notorious Lone Wolf
short_description: 1946 film by D. Ross Lederman
page_title: Gerald Mohr
short_description: American actor (1914–1968)
page_title: Lone Wolf (character)
short_description: Fictional character in novels by Louis Joseph Vance
... that Maxwell Trevor, an Indian cyclist, is a national record-holder, winner of more than 250 medals and an eleven-time national track champion?

page_title: Maxwell Trevor
short_description: Indian cyclist
page_title: India
short_description: Country in South Asia
page_title: Cycle sport
short_description: Competitive physical activity using bicycles
page_title: Track cycling
short_description: Bicycle racing sport
... that costume changes during the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation resulted in the "Picard Maneuver" – the name given to Patrick Stewart's habit of tugging his uniform tunic down?

page_title: Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3
short_description: 1989–90 season of American television series
page_title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
short_description: American science fiction television series
page_title: Patrick Stewart
short_description: English actor (born 1940)
... that in 1960, at Ahu Akivi (pictured) on Easter Island, archeologists took a month to raise the first moai, but less than a week to raise the seventh?

page_title: Ahu Akivi
short_description: 16th-century sacred site on Easter Island
page_title: Easter Island
short_description: Island in the southeastern Pacific
page_title: Moai
short_description: Monolithic statues on Easter Island
... that Yamamoto Yaeko is being portrayed by Haruka Ayase in the current NHK taiga drama Yae no Sakura?

page_title: Niijima Yae
short_description: Japanese warrior, nurse, and scholar (1845–1932)
page_title: Haruka Ayase
short_description: Japanese actress (born 1985)
page_title: NHK
short_description: Japanese public broadcaster
page_title: Taiga drama
short_description: Japanese annual drama series
page_title: Yae's Sakura
short_description: Japanese television series
... that Dalecarlian rebel leader Skinnar Per Andersson was sentenced to death by Svea Hovrätt in 1744?

page_title: Dalarna
short_description: Historical province of Sweden
page_title: Skinnar Per Andersson
page_title: Svea Court of Appeal
short_description: Swedish court of appeal
... that the first person convicted for genocidal rape was Pauline Nyiramasuhuko?

page_title: Genocidal rape
short_description: Mass sexual assault during wartime as part of a genocidal campaign
page_title: Pauline Nyiramasuhuko
short_description: Rwandan politician
... that forested uplands in the Tutuala in East Timor inhabited by the ratu clan groups included walled and open settlements of Lata and also caves (veraka) which housed ancestral figures?

page_title: Tutuala
short_description: Suco and town in Lautém District, Timor-Leste
page_title: Timor-Leste
short_description: Country in Southeast Asia
... that the Argentine miniseries Para vestir santos featured a lesbian main character, at the time of the sanction of same-sex marriage in Argentina?

page_title: Para vestir santos
short_description: 2010 Argentine television miniseries
page_title: Same-sex marriage in Argentina
... that the German bioethicist Claire Lademacher, a visiting scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics (building pictured), is set to become a Princess of Luxembourg upon her marriage today?<!--Special occasion request for September 17-->

page_title: Princess Claire of Luxembourg
short_description: Member of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg
page_title: Visiting scholar
short_description: Scholar who visits another university
page_title: Kennedy Institute of Ethics
short_description: Academic center at Georgetown University
page_title: Healy Hall
short_description: United States historic place
page_title: House of Luxembourg-Nassau
short_description: Reigning family of Luxembourg
... that Ylvis were surprised by the international success of their song "The Fox," which was intended only to target their Norwegian audience?

page_title: Ylvis
short_description: Norwegian comedy duo
page_title: The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)
short_description: 2013 electronic dance novelty song by Ylvis
... that Bertrando de Mignanelli, an adventurous Italian merchant who lived in Damascus at the beginning of the 15th century, personally knew Mamluk Sultan Barquq?

page_title: Bertrando de Mignanelli
short_description: Italian merchant and writer (1370 – 1455 or 1460)
page_title: Italians
short_description: Ethnic group native to Italy
page_title: Damascus
short_description: Capital city of Syria
page_title: Mamluk Sultanate
short_description: State in Egypt, Hejaz and Syria (1250–1517)
page_title: Barquq
short_description: Sultan of Egypt and Syria (1382–1389, 1390–1399)
... that the Battle of Montepeloso was the last-ever pitched battle between the Normans and the Byzantine Empire?

page_title: Battle of Montepeloso
page_title: Normans
short_description: European ethnic group
page_title: Byzantine Empire
short_description: Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)
... that Wim T. Schippers' TV shows, produced by former script girl Ellen Jens, introduced characters played by Dolf Brouwers, a former vacuum cleaner salesman, IJf Blokker, a former drummer, and Clous van Mechelen, a jazz musician?

page_title: Wim T. Schippers
short_description: Dutch artist, comedian and television director (1942–2026)
page_title: Ellen Jens
short_description: Dutch television director and producer (1940–2023)
page_title: Dolf Brouwers
short_description: Dutch comedian and singer (1912–1997)
page_title: IJf Blokker
short_description: Dutch musician, actor and presenter (1930–2026)
page_title: Clous van Mechelen
short_description: Dutch musician, arranger, and actor
... that despite the species only being described for the first time this year, the distribution of Glutinoglossum heptaseptatum may span four continents?

page_title: Glutinoglossum heptaseptatum
short_description: Species of fungus
... that actress Shangguan Yunzhu (pictured) was said to have had an affair with Mao Zedong, for which she was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, leading to her suicide?

page_title: Shangguan Yunzhu
short_description: Chinese actress active from the 1940s to the 1960s
page_title: Mao Zedong
short_description: Leader of China from 1949 to 1976
page_title: Cultural Revolution
short_description: Period of sociopolitical turmoil in China (1966–1976)
... that since 2011 an estimated 7,000 African refugees have been held for ransom in Sinai, with many of them being tortured and killed?

page_title: Refugee kidnappings in Sinai
short_description: Kidnapping of African refugees by Bedouins in Sinai, Egypt (2009–2014)
... that magnetic cues may stimulate the Thrush Nightingale to build up its fat reserves before crossing the Sahara during its annual migration?

page_title: Earth's magnetic field
page_title: Thrush nightingale
short_description: Species of bird
page_title: Sahara
short_description: Desert on the African continent
page_title: Bird migration
short_description: Seasonal movement of birds
... that miner, pioneer and prospector Black Mike' Winage who settled in the Yukon at the end of the Klondike Gold Rush lived to be 107?

page_title: Miner
short_description: Person working within a mine
page_title: Prospecting
short_description: Physical search for minerals
page_title: Black Mike Winage
short_description: Serbian-Canadian miner, pioneer and adventurer
page_title: Yukon
short_description: Territory of Canada
page_title: Klondike Gold Rush
short_description: 1896–1899 migration to Yukon, Canada
... that Nag Panchami is a traditional worship of snakes observed by Hindus throughout India and also in Nepal?

page_title: Naga Panchami
short_description: Hindu festival honouring serpents
page_title: Hindus
short_description: Adherents of Hinduism
page_title: India
short_description: Country in South Asia
page_title: Nepal
short_description: Country in South Asia
... that after Yarden Gerbi dislocated a woman's shoulder, and choked her until she was unconscious, Gerbi received three marriage proposals?

page_title: Yarden Gerbi
short_description: Israeli judoka (born 1989)
... that while studying eclipsing binary stars (Algol pictured), Gerald Kron found a starspot?

page_title: Binary star
short_description: System of two stars orbiting each other
page_title: Algol
short_description: Eclipsing variable star in the constellation Perseus
page_title: Gerald Kron
short_description: American astronomer (1913–2012)
page_title: Starspot
short_description: Stellar phenomenon
... that the resistance movement in Auschwitz was formed by Polish Armia Krajowa partisan Witold Pilecki?

page_title: Resistance movement in Auschwitz
short_description: Underground resistance to the Holocaust in Auschwitz concentration camp
page_title: Home Army
short_description: World War II Polish resistance movement
page_title: Witold Pilecki
short_description: Polish military officer (1901–1948)
... that between 1963 and 1975, Sami Droubi served as Syria's ambassador to Morocco, Yugoslavia, Egypt, the Arab League, Spain and the Holy See?

page_title: Sami Droubi
short_description: Syrian politician (1921-1976)
page_title: Syria
short_description: Country in West Asia
page_title: Morocco
short_description: Country in North Africa
page_title: Yugoslavia
short_description: 1918–1992 country in Southeast Europe
page_title: Egypt
short_description: Country in North Africa
page_title: Arab League
short_description: Regional organisation
page_title: Spain
short_description: Country in Southern and Western Europe
page_title: Holy See
short_description: Jurisdiction of the Catholic Church and Vatican City
... that the ancient Romans carried crucified dogs in a procession between the temples of Youth and the underworld god Summanus for the supplicia canum ("punishment of the dogs")?

page_title: Religion in ancient Rome
page_title: Juventas
short_description: Ancient Roman goddess of youth
page_title: Di inferi
short_description: Ancient Roman underworld deities
page_title: Summanus
short_description: Roman god of nocturnal thunder
page_title: Supplicia canum
short_description: Sacrifice of dogs in Roman religion
... that  WASP pilot Dr. Dora Dougherty Strother was one of two women selected to train and fly the B-29 Superfortress in 1944 in order to prove it was safe for men to fly?

page_title: Women Airforce Service Pilots
short_description: U.S. Army Air Corps female auxiliary pilots
page_title: Dora Dougherty Strother
short_description: American aviator
page_title: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
short_description: US heavy bomber aircraft, 1942
... that the 23rd Arizona Territorial Legislature hired three pages to blindfold the statue of Liberty on top of the territorial capitol building?

page_title: 23rd Arizona Territorial Legislature
short_description: Session of the Arizona Territorial Legislature (1905)
page_title: Liberty (personification)
short_description: Personifications of the concept of Liberty
page_title: Arizona State Capitol
short_description: State capitol building of the U.S. state of Arizona
... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers is responsible for Pindakaasvloer, a  floor covered in peanut butter, and Torentje van Drienerlo (pictured), a church spire sticking up from a pond?

page_title: Wim T. Schippers
short_description: Dutch artist, comedian and television director (1942–2026)
page_title: Pindakaasvloer
short_description: Artwork by Wim T. Schippers
page_title: Torentje van Drienerlo
short_description: Public artwork by Wim T. Schippers
... that Jeremiah Hamilton was a Wall Street broker noted as "the only black millionaire in New York" around the time of the American Civil War?

page_title: Jeremiah Hamilton
short_description: 19th century American broker
page_title: Broker
short_description: Person who arranges transactions between a buyer and a seller for a commission
page_title: Black people
short_description: Racialized classification of people
page_title: American Civil War
short_description: 1861–1865 conflict in the United States
... that during mating, the citrus mealybug is known to engage in "triple sexual intercourse"?

page_title: Planococcus citri
short_description: Species of true bug
... that in 2013 Australia announced it would no longer grant asylum to anyone arriving by boat without a visa?

page_title: Asylum in Australia
page_title: Travel visa
short_description: Authority to enter, stay in, or exit a territory
... that Jennifer Roberson wants Sean Connery to play a main character in a film adaptation of her novel Lady of the Glen, if one is ever made?

page_title: Jennifer Roberson
short_description: American author of fantasy and historical literature
page_title: Sean Connery
short_description: Scottish actor (1930–2020)
page_title: Lady of the Glen
short_description: 1996 novel by Jennifer Roberson
... that the federal government of the United States maintains a National Raisin Reserve, which takes extra raisins and stores them in warehouses in order to keep raisin-growing profitable for farmers?

page_title: Federal government of the United States
short_description: National government of the United States
page_title: National Raisin Reserve
short_description: U.S. raisin reserve, 1949–2015
page_title: Raisin
short_description: Dried grape
... that the Norfolk Hotel which displayed Fremantle street art this year (wall sculpture pictured) was first built for George Alfred Davies in 1887?

page_title: Norfolk Hotel, Fremantle
short_description: Hotel in Fremantle, Western Australia
page_title: Fremantle
short_description: Port city in Perth Western Australia
page_title: Street art
short_description: Visual art in public spaces
page_title: George Alfred Davies
short_description: Australian politician
... that as president of Antioch College, Algo Henderson started a bronze foundry to teach students small business management?

page_title: Antioch College
short_description: Private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio
page_title: Algo Henderson
page_title: Foundry
short_description: Factory that produces metal castings