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India Is Building The World’s Largest Single-Site Renewable Project, Khavda Renewable Energy Park, In Gujarat’s Salt Flats. Covering 726 Km² (7× Paris Size), It Targets ~30GW From Solar & Wind. ~7.7GW Is Now Operational Since Adani Green Began Construction In 2023, With India’s Largest Battery Storage (1.1GW/3.5GWh) Planned By March 2026.

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Sinners Made History For The 2026 Oscars, Shattering The 14-Nomination (Nod) Record Held By “All About Eve,” “Titanic,” & “La La Land” With 16 Nods. This Vampire Thriller/Horror Allegory For Black Culture Leads Best Picture Contenders & Scores Best Actor Nod For Michael B. Jordan For His Dual Role As Twins . It Is Now The Most-Nominated Film Ever.

Breugnathair Elgolensis (~167 Ma) Is The Most Complete Jurassic Lizard Fossil. At 41cm, This New Squamate Species (Parviraptoridae) Bridges The Lizard-Snake Transition. Found On Skye, Scotland, In 2016, It Features Lizard Limbs But Snake-Like Jaws & Python Fangs, Proving That Specialized Feeding Traits Evolved Before Snakes Lost Their Legs.

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Zootopia 2 Made History As Hollywood’s Highest-Grossing Animated Film, Earning $1.707B And Surpassing Inside Out 2. It’s The 9th Highest-Grossing Film Of All Time, & Is Disney Animation’s Biggest Hit On A $150M Budget. Released Nov 2025, Judy & Nick Tackle Gary De’Snake. It’s Huge In China, But Trails Global Animated Champ Ne Zha 2 (~$2.2B).

Australian Researchers Made A World-First Discovery In A Lab Study Of 60 Captive Endangered Alpine Tree Frogs (Litoria Verreauxii Alpina). They Found That Frogs Infected With Chytrid Fungus Jumped ~24% Farther Than Healthy Frogs By Week Six, Potentially Aiding The Fungus Spread Or Allowing The Frog To Find Mate Faster & Mate Before Death.

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Zoe Saldaña, 47, Is The Highest-Grossing Actor In Leading Roles Based On What Her Movies Earned, With ~$15.47B Worldwide, Topping Scarlett Johansson’s $15.4B After Avatar: Fire And Ash ($1.23B So Far). Samuel L. Jackson Is 3rd At ~$14.61B From Marvel Films & More. Including All Roles, Stan Lee Tops $30B+ From His Marvel Appearances/Cameos.

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China’s 2025 Trade Surplus (Exported/Sold More Abroad Than Imported/Bought) Reached A Record $1.19Tn (£890B), The First Time Any Country Topped $1Tn. It Beat China’s 2024 Record Of $993B (Up ~20%). No Other Nation Has Come Close; Past Highs Were ~$600–665B For China And ~$250B For Germany, Making This Extraordinary Amid Global Challenges.

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Construction Has Started On Ethiopia’s Bishoftu Intl Airport, A $12.5B Project ~40km From Addis Ababa. It Will Be Africa’s Biggest Aviation Project & Hub Of Africa’s Largest Airline (EAL). Phase 1 Opens 2030 With 60M Pax/Year; Final Capacity 110M, Rivaling Dubai & Heathrow. EAL Funds 30%; AfDB Pledges $500M & Leads An $8.7B Investment Drive.

On 12/24/25, ISRO‘s LVM3 Launched The U.S-Built Bluebird Block-2 (Weighs ~6.1T), The Heaviest Satellite From Indian Soil, Into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). It Has A ~2,400 ft² Antenna (The Largest Commercial Communications Array In LEO) For Global 4G/5G Direct-To-Phone Broadband In Remote Areas Without Towers. ISS Remains The Heaviest Overall Satellite (~450T).

El Capitan Is The World’s Fastest Supercomputer As Of Jan 2026, At Lawrence Livermore Lab In California, Run By The U.S. DOE. It Crunches ~1.8 Quintillion (18 Zeros) Calculations/Sec, Beating The Previous Champ, Frontier. This $600M Machine By HPE/AMD Mainly Simulates U.S Nuclear Weapons Safely, Plus Climate, Fusion Energy & A.I Research.

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