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Walmart, The Largest US Private Employer, To Curb Rising Student Loan Debt, Wants To Pay 100% Of College Tuition And Book Costs For Its Associates. The Retail Giant Plans To Offer This Educational Assistance Program Effective Aug. 16, 2021, With The Termination Of The $1/Day Fee For Participating In Its Live Better U Education Program.

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Research Is Indicating That 7% Of The Human DNA Is Unrelated To Our Ancient Ancestors And, Therefore, Unique To Modern Humans. This Find Indicates How Closely Related Modern Humans Are To, E.g., Neanderthals. The Study Was Conducted Using DNAs From 279 Humans Located Worldwide And From Fossilized Remains Of Neanderthals and Denisovans.

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Zaila Avant-garde, A 14-Year-Old Girl From New Orleans, Louisiana, Is The First African-American To Win The National Spelling Bee Competition. The 2021 93rd Competition Began With 209 Spellers, Ranging In Age From 9 To 15, From The US, The Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, And Japan. Jody-Anne Maxwell, From Jamaica, Was The Only Black To Win It In 1998.

Researchers May Have Discovered An Entirely New Human Species Called Homo Longi Or Dragon Man. The Discovery Was Made Based On The Analysis Of A Nearly Intact, At Least, 146,000 Years Old Skull Found In Harbin, China ~90 Years Ago. Researchers Are Indicating That Dragon Man Is More Closely Related To Humans Than Neanderthals Are.

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Carl Nassib, The Defensive Lineman For The Las Vegas Raiders, Has Become The First Openly Gay Active Player In The NFL’s 101-Year History. Carl Will Be The Second Openly Gay Player On A Professional Men’s Team In The Big 5 American Sports After Collin Martin, A Member Of Major Soccer League, Minnesota United FC, Came Out In 2018.

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France Is Sending A Second Statue Of Liberty To The US. The Statue, Named “Little Sister,” Though Symbolic As The Original, Is 1/16 The Original’s Size. Little Sister, First Made In 2009, Will Be Temporarily Erected, From July 1st To 5th, 2021, On Ellis Island, Before Going To Its Final Destination–The French Ambassador’s Residence.

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A New Study, Based On The Computer Model Of A Fossilized T. Rex Tail, Is Indicating That T. Rex Likely Moved At A Speed Of ~3 Miles/Hour. Researchers Believe That This Speed, Comparable To The Walking Speed Of Humans, Was Adapted By T-Rex As It Would Require Minimal Energy. Another Study Did Estimate T. Rex Top Speed To ~12-18 Miles/Hour.

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Researchers Have Estimated That Some 2.5 Billion T. Rex Lived And Died During The 2.5 Myrs That They Existed In The Cretaceous Period (65 –98 Myrs Ago). Scientists Estimated The Number Based On Fossil Record, Density Data And Data From Climate Models. They Also Deduced, For The First Time, That T. Rex Life Span Could Reach The Late 20s.

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The 4m-Long Saint-Bélec Slab, First Discovered In 1900, May Be Europe’s Oldest Map, With Its Markings Depicting A Rough 3D Match To The River Region In Which The Ancient Saint-Bélec Burial Mound Existed. There Are Such Stone Map Carvings All Over The World, But This May Be The First Map, Globally, To Depict An Area On A Specific Scale.

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A Researcher, Based On Peer-Reviewed Research Studies, Is Indicating That Human Penises Are Shrinking And Genitals Becoming Malformed In New Babies, As A Result Of Pollution From Phthalates, A Chemical Used When Manufacturing Plastics. Phthalates Are Also Said To Mimic Hormone Oestrogen, Causing Behaviours In Adults That Lower Fertility.

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Finland, For The 4th Year In A Row, Based On Gallup World Poll Data That Focused On The Relationship Btw Wellbeing And Covid-19, Has Been Named The Year 2021 World’s Happiest Country. Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, And The Netherlands Came 2nd, 3rd, 4th, And 5th Respectively. The US, UK, And Australia Came 14th, 18th, And 12th Respectively.

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These And Many Other Feats Now Confirms President Joe Biden As The Trail Blazing Champion. The Appointments Of Michael Regan, Age 45, As The First Black Man To Lead The EPA; Marcia Fudge, Age 86, As The First Black Woman To Head The Housing And Urban Development; And Deb Haaland, Age 60, As The First Native American Cabinet Secretary.

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Atlanta Has Created The USA’s Largest Free Food Forest About 10 Mins From Atlanta’s Airport—The World’s Busiest Airport. The 7.1 Acres Of Urban Agriculture, Located In Browns Mill, Where The Closest Grocery Store Is A 30-Mins Bus Ride, Will Comprise 2,500 Edible And Medicinal Plants. There Are At Least 70 Free Food Forests In The USA.

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The First Black-Footed Ferret, Called Elizabeth Ann, An Endangered Animal Native To North America, Was Cloned From Cells That Were Banked In 1988. The Cells Were Developed Into Embryos, Then Implanted Into A Domestic Ferret Surrogate, From Which Ann Was Delivered Via C-Section. This Feat Could Lead To Genetic Diversity For Endangered Species.

A New Study, A First Of Its Kind, Which Focuses On The Health Impact Of Cannabis On Blood Pressure, Heart Rate And Metabolism In Hypertensive Adults That Are 60 Years And Above, Shows That Cannabis May Reduce Blood Pressure In Older Adults. The Study Is Very Pertinent As Older Adults Have Become The Fastest Growing Users Of Cannabis.

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Another History-Making Moment In The US President Joe Biden Administration As Pete Buttigieg, Age 39, And The Former Mayor Of South Bend, Indiana, Will Be The First Openly Gay Person To Be Confirmed To A US Cabinet Post. Pete Was Approved By The US Senate As Transportation Secretary. Congrats to Him And Other Trail Blazers.

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A Snowy Owl Was Spotted In New York City’s Central Park For The First Time In 130 Years. The Snowy Owl, Which Resides In the Arctic Tundra, Has Not Been Seen In New York City Since It Was Last Spotted In The Winter Of 1890. The Owl Has Since Moved On. But Exhibit Of It Can Be Seeing At The American Museum of Natural History.

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Scientists May Have Found The Oldest Known Grizzly Bear In Yellowstone. The Male Bear, Age 34, Was Captured In The Summer Of 2020 And Euthanized After Being Caught Preying On Calves, Probably Due To Its Very Few Teeth–A Sign Of Old Age. Scientists, After Euthanization, Found A “168” Mark On The Lip, Given To The Bear In 1989.

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Mr. Alex Padilla, Age 47, And California Secretary Of State Has Been Selected, By Governor Gavin Newsom, To Fill The Senate Seat Vacated By Vice-President-Elect Kamala Harris. This Selection Is A Big Deal As He Will Be The First Latino To Fill A US Senate Seat In The 170-Year History of California, A State That Is Home To 15 Million Hispanics.

Researchers Have Set A Distance Limit Of 44 km, Via Optical Fibres, For How Far They Can Send Entangled Qubits To Beam/Teleport Quantum Information With More Than 90% Accuracy. This Advancement, Given The Information Transfer Accuracy/Distance In A Blink, Promises a Huge Boosts In Internet Speed, Computational Power, And Network Security.

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