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María Branyas Morera, Following The Death Of 118-Year-Old Lucile Randon Of France, Is Now Said To Be The Oldest Living Woman And The Oldest Living Person By The Guinness World Records. Ms. Morera, Who Is 115 Years And 321 Days Old, As Of 1/19/2023, Was Born In California, USA, On 3/4/1907. But She Returned To Spain 8 Years After Her Birth.

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Scientists, For The First Time, Have Developed A Living Solar Cell From The Succulent Plant Corpuscularia Lehmannii. The Cell Works When Electron Is Transported, Via Water And Nutrients As Electrolytes, During Photosynthesis. The Plant’s Leaf Is Said To Generate 20 µA/cm2 of Photocurrent Density, For Over A Day, When Exposed To Light.

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EctoLife Is The First Artificial Womb (AW) Concept Facility, Which, In Theory, Could Grow About 30,000 Babies Per Year. Parents Can Engineer Their Embryos Before They Are Implanted In The AW. The Facility Is Said To Be A Solution For Countries With Depleting Populations, For Infertile Couples, Or For Women That Have Lost Their Wombs.

American Cancer Society Is Stating That Cancer Death Rates In The USA Have Fallen, From 1991 To 2019, By 33%–Implying 3.8 m Fewer Cancer Deaths. The Drop Was Attributed To The Prevention, Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Common Cancers. However, Cancer Is Still The 2nd Leading Cause Of Death In The US After Heart Disease.

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Researchers, Based On NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover Data, Have Found, In The Gale Crater, A Gemstone, Opal, Which Surrounds An Extensive Network Of Fractures That Could Have Been Water-Rich And Provided Habitable Conditions. Opal, Which Forms From Silica & Water, Could Act As A Proxy Or Be Used As A Water Source In Future Mars Exploration.

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The USDA Has Approved The First-Ever Vaccine For Honey Bees. The Vaccine License, Conditionally Issued To Diamond Animal Health On December 29th, 2020, Would Help Prevent And/Or Treat The American Foulbrood Disease In Honeybees. The Disease Is Said To Be One Of The Most Widespread And The Most Destructive Of The Honey Bee Brood Diseases

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Elon Musk Is Now the First Person In The World To Lose $200 Billion, After His Company, Tesla, Stocks Plunged 65%, In 2022, Due To Increasing Competition From Electric Automakers. This Loss Has Made Him The Second Richest Person In The World, Behind LVMH Chairman, Bernard Arnault. Musk Had A Peak Net Worth Of $340 Billion In Nov. 2021.

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Kylian Mbappé, A French Striker, Is The First French Man To Win The Golden Boot Since The Award Was Officially Introduced In 1982. Kylian Is Said To Have Won The Award After Scoring A Total of Eight Goals, In The 2022 FIFA World Cup, Compared To Lionel Messi‘s Seven Goals. Kylian Is Also Said To Be The Second Player To Score In A Back To Back Final.

A Woman, For The First Time, Has Been Sworn In As Peru’s First Female President. The Woman, Ms. Dina Boluarte, A 60-Year-Old Former Lawyer, Was The Vice-President To The Ousted President, Pedro Castillo, Who Was Impeached, On 12/07/22, By Peru’s Congress. Ms. Boluarte, Who Is The Youngest Of 14 Children, Was Born In The Southern Town Of Chalhuanca.

The First Drug Designed To Slow Brain Destruction In Early Stages Alzheimer’s Patients Has Been Developed. The Drug, Lecanemab, Is An Antibody Engineered To Tell The Immune System To Clear Amyloid From The Brain. Many Are Hailing The Drug As Momentous, Even Though The Benefit Is Small, With The Risk Of Brain Swelling And Bleeding.

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A Houston Resident, Tanya Herbert, Has Broken The Guinness World Records For Having The World’s Largest Feet On A Living Female. She Broke The Record, Currently Held By Julie Felton From The UK, With Her Right Foot Measuring 13.03 in And Her Left 12.79 in. Herbert, Who Is 6 ft. 9 in Tall, Typically Wears A US Women’s Size 18 Or A US Men’s Size 16-17.

Anna May Wong, Dubbed Hollywood’s First Asian American Movie Star, Is The First Asian American Featured On US Quarters. Wong, Who Died In 1961, Had A Career Spanning 60 Films, And Earned A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame In 1960. Wong Is Featured On The 5th Coin, Released In 2022, Which Celebrates Female Trailblazers In American History.

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Amazon Is Now The First Publicly Traded Company In The World To Lose $1 Trillion Dollars In Market Value, After Its Market Value Shrunk From $1.88 Trillion To $879 Billion. The Loss Is Attributed To These Factors: Disappointing Earnings, Soaring Inflation, A Slumping Economy, Raising Interest Rates, And Tightening Monetary Policies.

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A Japanese Start-Up, Aerwins, Has Built The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Called XTurismo Hoverbike. The Bike Can Fly For 40 Mins And Reach Speeds Of 100km/Hr. The Craft Is On Sale In Japan And A Smaller Version Will Be Available In The US In 2023 For $777,000. Aerwins Plans To Make A Smaller Electric Model By 2025 That Would Cost $50,000.

Starr Andrews, Age 21, Has Become The First US Black Figure Skater To Win The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix Medal At The Skate Canada International (SCI) Competition, Since The Series Began In 1995. Ms. Andrews Won A Silver Medal At The Competition, Which Took Place On Oct. 29th, 2022 In Mississauga, Ontario. Congrats!

Jessikah Inaba, 23 Yrs Of Age From Camden, N London, In An Amazing Academic Feat, Is Now Britain’s First Black And First Blind Barrister After 5 Yrs Of Study At The University Of London. She Completed Her Studies Using Braille, With Credits To Her Friends And Tutors For Their Help During Her Studies. Ms. Inaba Plans To Apply For Pupillage.

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Rishi Sunak, A 42-Year-Old Former Finance Minister, Will Become Britain’s First Prime Minister Of Color And The Country’s Youngest Prime Minister In Modern Times After His Last Remaining Rival, Penny Mordaunt, Pulled Out Of The Race, And The Conservative MPs Overwhelmingly Backed Him To Succeed The Outgoing Liz Truss.

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Liz Truss Will Be Britain’s Shortest-Serving Prime Minister (PM) After Serving For Likely Under 60 Days. The Record Was Previously Held By George Canning Who Served For 119 Days In 1827 Until His Death From Tuberculosis. Robert Walpole Was Britain’s Longest-Serving PM. He Served For 20 Yrs & 315 Days, From April 3, 1721, To Feb. 11, 1942.

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An Armoured Dinosaur From The Cretaceous, Named Jakapil kaniukura, Has For The First Time Been Discovered, By Palaeontologists, In Southern Argentina. The Creature, Part Of The Thyreophoran Dinosaur Group That Includes Stegosaurus, Is Said To Be The Size Of An Average House Cat. And Is Speculated To Have Walked Upright On Its Back Legs.

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Scientists Are Stating That Rainwater Is Unsafe To Drink Anywhere In The World Due To Persistent Harmful Chemicals In Them, Some Of Which, like PFAS, Can Cause Cancer. The Study Is Based On The US Environmental Protection Stds For Levels Of The Thousands Of Chemicals That Do Not Break Down And Are Continuously Recycled In The Envr.

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