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An American, Derrick Lewis, Aka “Black Beast,” Has Become The First UFC Heavyweight Fighter To Have The Most Knockouts In UFC Heavyweight History, With A Total Of 11 Knockouts. Derrick Cemented The Record By Knocking Out His Latest Opponent, Aleksei Oleinik, In The Second Round At The “UFC Vegas 6” Event On Saturday The 8th Of August 2020.

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Germany, In A Global Poll, Has Been Ranked As The Most Admired Country In The World For The Third Year In A Roll. The Rank Was Derived From A US-Based Gallup Poll Survey Of 1,000 Adults In 134 Countries In 2019. The US, China, And Russia Were Ranked The 2nd, 3rd, And 4th Positions Respectively.

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The House Representative Democrats Passed A Bill On Friday, 6/26/2020, To Make Washington, D.C. The 51st U.S. State. Washington, D.C Pays More Federal Taxes Than 22 States And Has A Population Of ~700,000 People, Which Is Larger Than Wyoming Or Vermont. The Bill, However, Is Seen By Some To Be Dead On Arrival In The Republican-Held Senate.

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The Belgian Government Will Hand Out Free Railway Tickets To All Its Residents To Encourage Domestic Tourism, To Stimulate Their Economy After The Coronavirus LockDown. The Tickets Will Entitle Each Resident To Ten Free Journeys Of Any Length On The Country’s Railways. This’s Cool, But There Are Concerns Of Overcrowding Of The Trains.

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Marie Cau, Age 50, Has Become The First Transgender Mayor In French History. She Won The Election During France’s Local Elections On March 15th, 2020, Becoming The Mayor In The Village Of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, Which Is In Northern France. Congrats, Cau, For Achieving Such A Feat And For Also Making History.

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The World’s Longest Cartoon Show, According To The Guinness World Records, “Sazae-san,” Which First Aired In 1969, Has Been Interrupted By Coronavirus, Forcing The Broadcast Of Re-Runs For The First Time Since 1975. The 30 Minutes Show, Aired Sunday Nights, Is Said To Be Very Popular In Japan.

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Gui Khury, Age 11, From Brazil Has Broken A Skateboarding World Record By Landing The First 1080-Degree Turn On A Vertical Ramp. This Comes 20 Years After The Legendary Tony Hawk Made The First 900-Degree Turn. Khury’s Success May Be Attributed To Lots Of Practice Due To School Closures, In Brazil, Because Of The Coronavirus Pandemic.

The New Action Movie On Netflix, Called “Extraction,” Played By Thor, I Mean Chris Hemsworth, Has Just Become The Most Watched Netflix Original Film With About 90 Million Views Over A Span Of 4 Weeks. This Surpasses The 73 Million Views Held By The Movie, “Murder Mystery” (2019). No Surprise Here For Me After Watching The Movie, Extraction.

Tom Cruise, Age 56, Will Be The First Actor In The World To Actually Do A Movies Aboard The International Space Station (ISS). This Was Confirmed By NASA’s Director, Jim Bridenstine, On Tuesday, 5/5/2020. Could Tom Cruise Be Part Of The Astronauts Being Launched From US Soil, Later This Month, For The First Time In ~10 Years? Stay Tuned!!

The Largest Waterfall In Ecuador Has Seemingly Disappeared After Part Of Its River Source Was Diverted By A Large Sinkhole. The Waterfall, Known To Be A Major Tourist Attraction, Will Be Closed And Has Since Been Removed As A Tourist Destination. The Ecuador Tourism Ministry Does Not Plan To Reconstruct The Waterfall.

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Coronavirus Is A Force To Reckon With, Instigating The US Government To Sign, On The 3/27/2020, The Largest Bailout Package, Worth $2tn (£1.7tn), To Mitigate Any Economic And Health Set Backs That Would Have Been Of Historic Proportions. Part Of The Package Will Give $1,200 To All Americans Earning Less Than $75,000/Yr And $500/Child.

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The University Of Southern California (USC), A Private College, Is Set To Join The List Of Colleges And Universities That Want To Make Education Tuition-Free For Low-Income Students. USC Will Make Tuition Free For Students From Families With An Annual Income Of $80,000 Or Less, Starting In The Fall Of 2020. Cool!

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Many People May Not Support The Immigration Policy Of Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban. But I Do Applaud His Government For Providing Free IVF Treatment At State-Run Clinics Beginning Feb 1st, 2020. Other Governments Should Emulate This Given The High Cost Of IVF Treatment. Hungary Population Has Steadily Declined In Past 40 Yrs.

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Netherlands Has Dropped The Name Holland, And Also Changed Their National Symbol. This Move Is Expected To Bring In The Right Kind Of Visitors As Part Of Their Tourism Rebranding Effort, By Emphasizing On The Country’s Commerce, Science, And Arts, Instead Of Being Known Negatively For Things Like Holland’s Drug-Culture Capital Amsterdam.

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The First New Prime Minister Of Cuba, Since 1976 When The Position was Abolished By Fidel Castro, Has Been Appointed By President Miguel Díaz-Canel Of Cuba. Mr. Manuel Marrero Cruz, Age 56, Appointment As Prime Minister Is Based On the Reinstated Rules Of A New Constitution For The Communist-Run Island Passed Earlier In 2019.

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“1917,” A 2019 Movie Directed By Sam Mendes, Is Being Hailed By Critics As The Best War Movie Since “Saving Private Ryan” (1998). The Movie Centers Around 2 British Soldiers, Schofield (Played By George MacKay) And Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman), Sent To Deliver A Message To Save 1,600 British Soldiers, Which Includes Blake’s Brother, From A Deadly Ambush.

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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Popular Harvard Geneticist, George Church is Conceptualizing A Dating App, Which He Hopes To Use In Creating A Healthier Society. Hopefully, By People Placing Emphasis On Their DNA Compatibility, For Partner Selection, To Help Eliminate Hereditary Diseases. But Again, There’s That Thing Called “Love,” And Sequencing Of Everyone’s Genome.

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Two Major Movie Franchises, Wick 4′ And ‘Matrix 4,’ With A Common Character, Keanu Reeves, Is Set To Be Released On The Same Day Of May 21st, 2021. And The Internet Has Dubbed The Release Date “Keanu Reeves Day.” This May Be The First Time That Such Blockbuster Releases Have Ever Happened In The World. Looking Forward To The Movies!

Saudi Arabia State-Owned Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Sold The Biggest Shares To Date In The World, Raising A Record $25.6bn (£19.4bn) In Its Initial Public Offering (IPO) In Riyadh. This Surpasses That Of China’s Alibaba, Which Raised $25bn In 2014 In New York. Saudi Aramco IPO Will Value The Company At $1.7tn When Trading Begins.

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