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“Spider-Man: No Way Home” Has Become The First And Only Movie Released In 2021 To Cross A Global Ticket Sale Of A Billion Dollars. And The Movie Achieved This Feat In Just Over A Week Since Its Dec. 17th, 2021 Release. The Movie Is Also Said To Be The Only Movie To Have Done This Since The Pandemic Began About 2 Years Ago.

Oriini Kaipara, A 38-Year-Old Māori Journalist At The “Newshub Live” Bulletin In New Zealand, Is Now The First Person With Traditional Facial Markings To Ever Host A Primetime News Program On National Television. Ms. Oriini, Previously Made History In 2019, At TVNZ, As The First Person With Māori Facial Markings To Present A Mainstream TV News Program.

NASA Is Said To Have Funded A Year-Long Program In Princeton, Which Paid 24 Priests To Find Out How The World’s Religion Would React If Evidence Of Alien Life Was Discovered. This Study Does Make One Curious About NASA’s Confidence In Finding Alien Life, Especially Given The Advances In Technology Like The James Webb Space Telescope.

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TikTok, Previously Ranked No. 7 For Web Traffic, Has Surpassed Google And Facebook To Become The Year 2021 Most Visited Internet Platform. This Ranking Is Based On Cloudflare Data Of Website Generated Traffic In 2021. The Other Top 9 Ranking Websites Are Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Long-Acting Injectable HIV PrEP Medication. The Drug, Called Apretude, Given To Patients Every 2 Months, Is Said To Be 69% More Effective Than The Daily HIV Prevention Pills, Like Truvada and Descovy, For Cisgender Men And Transgender Women Who Have Sex With Men, And 90% More Effective For Cisgender Women.

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Scientists May Have Discovered The World’s Best Preserved Dinosaur Embryo In Ganzhou, China. The Embryo, Named Baby Yingliang, Believed To Be A Toothless Theropod Dinosaur, Or Oviraptorosaur, And At Least 66 Myrs Old, Was Preparing To Hatch Just Like A Chicken. This Discovery Will Enhance Our Understanding On The Link Between Dinosaurs And Modern Birds.

The US FDA Has Approved The Second COVID-19 Pill, Called Molnupiravir, From Merck. This Approval Comes A Day After The Agency Approved The First-Ever COVID-19 Pill, Called Paxlovid, From Pfizer. The Pills Are For Mild-To-Moderate COVID-19 Ill People, To Take At Home, Who Are At High-Risk Of Progressing To A Severe Stage Of COVID-19.

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Gabriel Boric, A 35-Year-Old Congressman And A Former Student Protester, Has Become The Youngest President In Modern Chile History. And Also The Youngest Leader In South America. The Left-Wing Gabriel Boric Won The Largest Majority Ever Recorded In A Chilean Election, On 12/19/21, To Defeat The Ultra-Conservative José Antonio Kast, Age 56.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Eye Drop That Could Replace Reading Glasses For Folks 40 Years And Older, Who Experience Age-Related Blurry Near Vision. The Drug, Called Vuity, Which Activates In 15 Minutes, Is Said To Be Able To Provide Sharp Vision For 6 To 10 Hours To The ~128 Million Americans Affected By Blurred Near Vision.

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Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe Is Now The First Spacecraft To Touch Our Sun . The Probe Successfully Flew Through The Sun’s Upper Atmosphere To Sample Our Sun’s Particles And Magnetic Fields. This Feat Will Give Us Deeper Insights Into Our Sun’s Evolution And Impacts On Our Solar System, Inferably Teaching Us About Other Suns In The Universe.

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