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23:26, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

... that when Bob Barker (pictured) retired at aged 83, he held the record of oldest person to host a regularly scheduled game show?
... that fashion for plus-size models has existed since 1900?
... that the microwave oven was invented by accident when Percy Spencer was working with microwaves and noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket had started to melt?
... that President of the Philippines Bongbong Marcos is facing arrest in the United States for not paying US$353 million to human rights abuse victims of his father's dictatorship?
... that the Luttra Woman likely had a violent death?

12:54, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

... that the living part of Earth's (pictured) surface is called the "biosphere"?
... that KFC is considered a Christmas tradition in Japan?
... that Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez is a supporter of cryptocurrency and takes his salary in Bitcoins?
... that between 10 and 40 percent of child soldiers are girls?
... that even over half a century after the event, no full evaluation of the risk and impact of the first nuclear test has been done?

19:53, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

... that the songwriters for the bossa nova song "The Girl from Ipanema", wrote it after seeing 17-year-old model Heloísa Pinheiro (pictured) walking down Ipanema?
... that in the 1780s, Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein built a machine that was able to imitate speech sounds?
... that before becoming Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum owned a small technological startup company and sold it to Microsoft for $1.1 billion in 2001?
... that County Hall in London, a grade II* listed building, now hosts an aquarium?
... that the Eiffel Tower in Paris was initially constructed as a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair, but it has since become one of the most iconic landmarks in the world?

02:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

... that when the Whopper (pictured) was introduced in 1957 it only cost 37 cents in the United States?
... that there have been 161 Nobel Laureates from Harvard University?
... that survivors of a 2023 fire in Johannesburg, South Africa refused to be moved because they were worried about being deported?
... that when a person takes medications intravenously, they start working within 15 to 30 seconds?
... that the Solar System is about 4.568 billion years old?

19:54, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

... that in 2018, Claudia Sheinbaum (pictured) became the first woman and first Jew to be elected as Head of Government of Mexico City?
... that Neurolinguistic programming started as science in the 1970s, but is considered pseudoscience today?
... that Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
... that the Great Lakes in Canada and the United States is the largest group of fresh water lakes in the world?
... that in May 2022, Venezuelan farmer Juan Vicente Pérez became the last living man who was born in the 1900s decade?

19:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

... that certain species of sand dollar (pictured) clone themselves to better escape some predators?
... that when Dick Clark was running for the U.S. Senate, he walked 1,300 miles across Iowa to raise awareness of his campaign?
... that a 16th century text on syphilis contains the first documented description on how to use a condom?
... that before becoming Moldova's first female president, Maia Sandu worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C.?
... that Japan is called "Nihon" or "Nippon" in Japanese which means "the origin of the Sun"?
... that the Mud March was an attempt by Union Army Major General Ambrose Burnside to attack Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia?