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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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Whale Sharks, According To Scientists, Are The Largest Fish Species And The Biggest Living Onmivores On Earth, Taking The Title From Alaska’s Kodiak Bear. But Unfortunately, The Creature, Which Can Survive For Over A Century, Are Endangered, And Little is Known About Their Behaviour And How They Give Birth To Help Better Protect Them.

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Botswana (38.5%), Uganda (38.4%) And Ghana (37.2%) Were Ranked, For The 3rd Consecutive Year, As The Top Economy In The World With The Most Women Run Businesses By The Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE). While Nigeria, Angola And Ghana Came First Globally In The Women’s Entrepreneurship Activity Rate In The 2021 Ranking.

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A New Research On The Role Of Nutrition In Parkinson’s Disease, Based On An Extensive Review Of 52 Studies Conducted Btw 2000 And Now, Indicates Milk As The Worst Drink That Can Increase The Risk Of Parkison’s Disease. It Is Advised To, E.g., Drink Water Or Consume Dairy In Moderation As It Contains Loads Of Unhealthy Saturated Fats.

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The World’s Deepest, 6895m, Shipwreck May Have Been Found. The Ship, USS Samuel B Roberts, Sank In Battle Against The Japanese, In The Philippine Sea, In October 1944. The Ship Was Discovered By Mr. Victor Vescovo–The First Person To Visit The Deepest Points In Earth’s 5 Oceans. And Climbed The Highest Peaks On Each Of The 7 Continents.

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Zahid Quraishi Is The First Muslim American Federal Judge, In US History, After He Was Confirmed By The US Senate To The U.S. District Court For The District Of New Jersey. He Was Also The First Asian-American To Serve On The Federal Bench In New Jersey After His Appointment, In 2019, As A U.S. Magistrate Judge For The Same District.

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A Study Is Indicating That Folks Who Experience Bad Dreams In Older Age, Without Any Trigger, Are Twice Prone To Parkinson’s Disease. The Study Was Done Using 12 Years Of Data From 3818 Older Men Living Independently, And Questionnaires That Included Sleep Quality Questions. Researchers Plan To Do More Studies In Larger & Diverse Group.

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The US Senate Has Confirmed Sunshine Suzanne Sykes, Age 48, To The US District Court For The Central District Of California. Her Confirmation Would Uniquely Make Her California’s First-Ever Native American Federal Judge And The 5th Indigenous Woman In US History To Serve On The Federal Court, Which Has ~900 Authorized Federal Judgeships.

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Dr. Thakgalo Thibela, At 21, Is The Youngest Active Medical Doctor In South Africa–Where She Works At Helen Joseph Hospital In Johannesburg. Dr. Thakgalo, Who Grew Up In Violetbank, A Rural Village In Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Received Her Bachelor Of Medicine And Bachelor Of Surgery From The University Of Witwatersrand.

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Tafheen Sharif, Who Was The Youngest Councilor In England, In 2012, Has Once Again Made History. She, A Member Of The Labour party, Is Now England’s First Muslim Female Deputy Mayor After Being Elected In Tameside In The UK. Tafheen Sharif, A Pakistani By Origin, Also Served As A Deputy Police Commissioner Of Bedfordshire.

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Trevor Noah, A South African, A Standup Comedian, And The TV Host Of The Popular “The Daily Show,” Has Made History As The First African To Headline The White House Correspondent Dinner (WHCD) On 4/30/22. WHCD Is Organised By The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA), An Organisation Of Journalists That Cover The White House And The US President.

President Joe Biden Has Appointed Karine Jean-Pierre As The New White House Press Secretary, Making Her The First Black And LGBTQ Person To Hold The Position. Jean-Pierre, Who Currently Serves As The White House’s Principal Deputy Press Secretary, Will Replace Jen Psaki, Who Will Depart Her Role On May 13th, 2020, For A New Position With MSNBC.

NASA, In A First Of Its Kind “Holoportation,” “Teleported” A Hologram Of A Doctor And His Team To Space. The Hologram Of The NASA Flight Surgeon, Dr. Josef Schmid, And His Team Were Teleported In October 2021 To The International Space Station. However, Holoportation Is Not New As It Has Been Used In Advertising, Medical, And Education.

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Researchers, In A Bid To Create Stem Cells, Rejuvenated A 53-Year-Old Woman’s Skin To Look And Behave Like The Skin Of A 23-Year-Old Woman. Unfortunately, Their Method Can’t Be Used Clinically As It Could Increase Cancer Risk. But The Study May Help Identify Rejuvenating Genes That Could Be Used In Burn Treatment And Human Life Extension.

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The World’s Skinniest Skyscraper Has Been Built In New York City. The Steinway Tower Is Said To Have A Height-To-Width Ratio Of 24:1, Making It “The Most Slender Skyscraper In The World.” The Tower Comprises 84 Stories With 60 Apartments, Which Cost From $7.75 Million For A Studio To $66 Million For The Penthouse.

Researchers May Have Discovered A Well Preserved Dinosaur Leg, Still Covered In Flesh, In The Tanis Fossil Site In North Dakota, USA. But This Fossil Is Unique As It’s Speculated To Be The First Discovery Of A Dinosaur That Was Killed And Entombed On The Exact Day Of The Cataclysmic Asteroid Strike ~66 Myrs Ago.

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Troy Kotsur Is Now The First Deaf Actor To Be Nominated For An Oscar Award. Troy Made History With His Supporting Role In Sian Heder’s “Child Of Deaf Adults” (CODA). The Role Also Earned Kotsur 31 Nominations, Including A BAFTA, A Golden Globe, And The First Screen Actors Guild Nod For An Individual Deaf Male Actor.

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Finland, For The 5th Year In A Row, Has Been Named The Year 2022 World’s Happiest Country. Denmark, Iceland, And Switzerland Came 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Respectively. The US And UK Came 16th, 17th Respectively. Afghanistan Came Last. The Rank Is Based On People’s Own Assessment Of Their Happiness, As Well As Economic And Social Data.

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A 2 Night Study, Involving 20 Persons, Indicates That Sleeping With Light On, At Night, Increases The Risk For Heart Disease And Diabetes. The Study May Have Attributed The Cause To The Body Being Kept More Alert Via The Light Activation Of The Autonomic Nervous System. However, Further Larger Studies Are Advised To Confirm This Result.

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President Joe Biden Has Nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Age 51, For The USA Supreme Court. The Nomination, A Historical Feat And In Fulfilment Of Biden’s Presidential Campaign Promise, Will Make Judge Jackson The First African American Woman Tapped For Such A Position. Judge Jackson Currently Sits On The U.S. Court Of Appeals For The D.C. Circuit.