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In 2026, The Grammys Will See Historic Firsts: Ketanji Jackson Is The 1st SCOTUS Justice & The Dalai Lama Is The 1st Tibetan Leader Nominated For Spoken Word Album. Huntr/X Is The 1st Girl Group In 20 Years Up For SOTY; Jack Antonoff Earns All Major Category Nominations; And Rosé Is The 1st K-Pop Female Soloist Nominated In Top Categories.

In Sulfur Cave On The Albania–Greek Border, Scientists Found The World’s Largest Spider Web (106m²) Built By ~111K Spiders From Several Species, Mainly House Spiders & Prinerigone Vagans. It’s The First Known Cooperative Colony For These Usually Solitary Species, Unlike Madagascar’s Darwin’s Bark Spider Solo Mega Webs That Span 0.09–2.8m².

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The Dodgers Became The First MLB Team In 25 Years To Win Back-To-Back World Series Titles, A Feat Last Achieved By The N.Y Yankees From 1998–2000. They Beat The Yankees 4–1 In 2024 And The Toronto Blue Jays In A 2025 Game 7. L.A Celebrated With A Massive Parade Led By Ohtani, MVP Yamamoto, Rookie Sasaki, And Retiring Legend Clayton Kershaw.

Egypt Opens The $1B Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) Near Cairo; It Will Be The World’s Largest Museum Devoted To One Civilization. Just 2km From The Giza Pyramids, It Displays 100,000+ Artifacts, Including For The First Time King Tut’s Full 5,000-Piece Collection; Ramses II’s Statue; & The Khufu Solar Boat. GEM Opens Nov 4, 2025, To Boost Tourism.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Família In Spain Is Now The World’s Tallest Church At 162.91m, Surpassing Germany’s Ulm Minster (161.53m). The Milestone Came After A Cross Was Added Atop Its Central Tower Of Jesus Christ. When The Cross Is Completed In 2026, The Church Will Reach 172m, 100yrs After Its Designer, Antoni Gaudí’s Death. Construction Began In 1882.

A UK Firm, Quantum Motion (QM), Built The World’s First Full-Stack Quantum Computer Using Mass-Producible Silicon CMOS Chips (Spin Qubits). The System’s Three-Rack Size Is Data-Center-Friendly, & Is Compatible With Standard Software (Qiskit/Cirq). Installed At The UK’s NQCC, It Will Be Tested For Uses Like Drug Discovery. QM Has Raised £62m

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In A World First, U.S. Researchers 3D-Printed Human Tissue That Looks, Feels, & Responds Like Real Organs, Matching Softness, Stretch, & Blood Flow. Unlike Older Tissue Simulators Made From Stiff Rubber Or Plastic, This 3D Print Uses Fluid-Filled Capsules For Lifelike Surgical Training. Next, They’ll Expand To More Organs & Bionic Versions.

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Belgian Firm, Jan De Nul, Launched Fleeming Jenkin, The World’s Largest Cable-Layer With 28k-Ton Cap (2x Cap. Of Prior Largest Vessel). From 2026, It Will Lay Over 2,800km Of Cables In The North Sea For Europe’s 2GW Offshore Wind Program, Enabling Connections That Transmit 2x Electricity. Its Twin, William Thomson, Shares The Same Mission.

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The Guangwushan Nuoshuihe Glass-Bottomed Water Slide In Sichuan, China, Holds The Guinness World Record As The Longest Of Its Kind, Stretching 2.66 Miles. Made Of High-Strength Transparent Glass, It Gives Riders A Thrilling Several-Minute Ride As They Glide Through Mountainous Terrain With Dramatic Views, Blending Nature, Beauty, And Innovation.

British Neil Campbell, Riding Behind A Pace Truck, Set A New Men’s Slipstream Cycling World Record Of 175.89mph On 10/5/25 In The USA, Surpassing His 174.33mph 2019 Guinness World Record In The U.K. He Now Aims To Beat The Overall Slipstream Record, 183.932mph, Held By The Female Cyclist, American Denise Mueller-Korenek, & Ultimately Hit 200mph