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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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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.

A Nepalese Teen, Dor Bahadur Khapangi, Has Been Confirmed By The Guinness World Records As The Shortest Living Male Teenager. Dor Bahadur, Age 17, Measured An Average Height Of 73.43 cm (2 ft 4.9 in) To Break The Record Previously Held By The Late Khagendra Thapa Magar, At A Height Of 65.58 cm (2 ft 1.8 in), Who Is Also A Nepalese.

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BMW Has Created The First Car, From A BMW iX, Which Changes Color. And This Color Changing Ability Is Due To The Car’s Body Panels Comprising E Ink Displays, Just Like Those Found In Screens Of E-Readers. The E Ink Display Technology Would Enable The Car Or Part Of The Vehicle To Display Different Colors And/Or Information Like Images And Text.

Umeno Sumiyama And Koume Kodama, Two Japanese Twin Sisters, Were Certified As The World’s Oldest Living Identical Twins By The Guinness World Records. The Twins, Born On 11/5/1913 On Shodoshima Island, Are Said To Be Over 107 Years And 300 days Old. The Previous Record Holders, Kin And Gin, From Japan, Were 107 Years And 175 Days.

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The World’s First Electric Wingsuit Has Been Developed Via Collaboration Of BMW, Design Works, And Peter Salzmann. The Suit, Comprising 2 Encased 15 KW Powered Carbon Propellers, Enables More Speed Than Conventional Suits. The Wearer Can Reach Speeds Of 300KM/H. The Suit Helps Maintain A Constant Glide, Enabling Further Travel Distance.

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Scientists May Have Developed The Whitest Paint Ever, A Counterpart To Ultra Black Material. The Paint Is Said To Reflect More Than 98% Of Sunlight; Unlike The Commercially Available Paints, Which Reflect 80% To 90% Of Sunlight. This Feat Is A Major Step In Energy Saving As 1% Of Reflectance Translates To 10 W.m-2 Less Sun Heat.

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The World’s Largest Himmeli Ornament, A Traditional Finnish Holiday Decoration Made Out Of Straw Or Reeds, Was Assembled At The St. Martin’s Day Fair In Estonia. The Ornament With Dimensions Of 210 Cubic Feet, 821 Cubic Inches, And Weighing 26.5 Pounds Was Certified To Be The World’s Largest By Guinness World Records.

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Julio Ceasar Mora (110 Yrs Old) And His Wife Waldramina Maclovia Quinteros (Turns 105 In October), According To Guinness World Records, Based On A Combined Age Of 214 Years And 358 Days, Have Been Named The Oldest Married And The Oldest Living Married Couple In The World. The Couple, From Ecuador, Have Been Married For 79 Years.

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Researchers, By Considering, E.G., The Pull Of Every Planet, Asteroid, And Moon In Our Solar System (SS), Were Able To Estimate, Within 100m, That The Precise Center Of Our SS (Barycenter) Lies Just Above The Sun’s Surface. This Find Will Help Astronomers To Accurately Look For Gravitational Waves From Faraway Mega-Black Holes And Pulsars.

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The Comet 2I/Borisov, From Another Solar System, Analyzed By Atacama Large Millimeter/Submil Limeter Array Of Telescopes (ALMA) In Chile, Has Similar Amounts Of Hydrogen Cyanide Like Our Average Comet, But Btw 9 To 26 Times Higher Carbon Monoxide Than Ours, Indicating It Formed At Lowest Space Temperatures, < -250 °C.

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Fascinating Correlation, By A New Study, Which Indicates That Men Who Buy Luxury Cars Like Audi Or BMW Are Most Likely To Run A Red Light, Not Give Way To Pedestrians And Generally Drive Recklessly And Too Fast. In Other Words, They Are Most Likely Big Jerks, Who Are Self-centered, Stubborn And Argumentative. Really!?

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As Part Of The Annual Fund Raiser For The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Department, The Youngest Mayor In The USA, William Charles McMillan, A 7-Month-Old Baby, On December 15Th, 2019, Was Sworn In After Being The Highest Bidder During The Fund Raiser, On October 20, 2019, For The Honorary Mayor Role In Whitehall, Texas. :=)

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Two Couples From Texas Have Been Declared By The Guinness World Record To Be The Oldest Living Married Couple In The World. The Couples, John Henderson, 106, And His Wife, Charlotte, 105, Will Be Married For 80 Years On Dec 15. John Henderson Is Also Said To Be The Oldest Living Former University Of Texas Football Player. Wow!

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A Space Object, C/2019 Q4, First Spotted On August 30, 2019, Is Now Thought To Be A Comet. And The Data Collected, So Far, Is Strongly Indicating That It May Have Come From Another Solar System. Once Data Is Finalized To Be True, It May Be The First Comet To Have Come From An Unknown Point In Another Solar System.

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Vantablack Is No Longer The Blackest Material As There Is Now A New Contender. The New Material, Also Made Up Of The Same Composition As Vantablack, Is Said To Absorb All But 0.005% Of Visible Light As Against Vantablack’s 0.035%. I Guess This Nullifies BMW Claim Of Painting Their Car With The Blackest Black, Vantablack.

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BMW Is Painting A 2020 X6 Vantablack, Making It The First Blackest Black Car. The Color Is Said To Erase all The Car’s Curves. Vantablack, Black Vertically Aligned Nano Tube Array, The Blackest Black Matrix Made From Microscopic Bit Of Carbon, Is Great For Coating Space-Borne Materials Because It Easily Absorbs Light And Resist Cold Temperature.

It’s Pretty Cool For Vehicles To Be Fitted With Systems That Can Automatically Limit The Vehicle To The Speed Limit Of A Road, Especially Around Schools And Hospitals. It Seems Like This Is Among What The European Union Is Trying To Do With The Speed Limiter Policy For New Cars Sold As From 2022.

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The Smallest Baby Boy In The World, According To Known Records, Was Born, In 2018, By C-Section In Tokyo, Japan. The Baby Is Said To Weigh 268g, But Has Since Recovered To A Weight Of 3.2kg. However, The Smallest Baby In The World Was A Girl, Weighing 252g And Was Born, In 2015, In Germany.

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The Average Baby, At Birth, Weighs About 7.5 Pounds, With Weight Varying Between 5.5 to 10 Pounds. Now Compare This To The Weight Of The Baby That Just Set A New Record For Having The Biggest Weight of Nearly 15 Pounds To The Best Of Known Record. The Record Was Set In Arlington Texas. Wow!!

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