Mary Robert

Argentine Goalkeeper, Leandro Requena, May Have Made History By Scoring A Uniquely Unexpected Goal During His Cobresal Side’s 3-1 Win Over Colo-Colo In Chile’s Top Soccer League. Leandro’s Goal, If Rectified By The Guinness World Records, Could Be The Longest Range (101m) Goal, Breaking The 96.01m Record Set By Tom King in 2021.

Michelle Yeoh, A Malaysian, Made History As The First Asian Woman To Win The Best Actress Award In The 95-Year History Of The Oscars. She Won, In Her First Ever Nomination, At The 2023 Oscars, For Her Performance In The Movie, “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” The Movie Also Made History As The First Science Fiction Film To Win Best Picture

Researchers, Including NASA Scientists, Using Satellite Imagery And AI To Map ~10 Billion Trees, Carried Out The First Comprehensive Estimate Of Tree Carbon Density In The Drylands Of Africa. The Study Estimates ~0.84 Billion Metric Tons Of Carbon—A Data That Is Essential For, E.g., Understanding Global Carbon Cycle And Climate Change Projection.

Adiah And Adrial Nadarajah, According To The Guinness World Records, Are The World’s Most Premature Twins. The Canadian Siblings Were Born At 21.3 Wks– 126 Days Early, Overtaking The Previous Record Of 125 Days Early Birth Set In 2018 By Identical Twins Kambry and Keeley Ewoldt In Iowa, US. A Full-Term Pregnancy Is Usually 9 Months (39 Wks).

Spain, Like Demark First Did In 2014, Has Passed A Law That Would Enable People Over 16 To Legally Identify As Another Gender Without Medical Evaluation, And Confirm It 3 Months Later. The Law Changes The Usual Process That Required A Medical Diagnosis Of Gender Dysphoria And To Be On Hormonal Treatment For 2 Yrs Before A Gender Change.

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Zoe Saldaña, Age 44, Is Now The First Actor To Star In 4 Movies That Made Over $2 Billion At The Box Office. The Movies Are 1) 2023’s Avatar: The Way of Water; 2) 2009’s Avatar, 3) 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, and 4) 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. James Cameron Also Made History With 3 $2 Billion Movies: Movies 1 And 2 Above And 1997’s Titanic.

John Williams, At 90, Has Made History As The Oldest Person Nominated For An Oscar Award For His Score In “The Fabelmans.” If He Wins, At 91, He Would Become The Oldest Person To Have Won The Award. Mr. Williams Is The Living Person With The Most, 53, Oscar Nominations And The 2nd Most Nominated Person In Oscar History After Walt Disney.

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María Branyas Morera, Following The Death Of 118-Year-Old Lucile Randon Of France, Is Now Said To Be The Oldest Living Woman And The Oldest Living Person By The Guinness World Records. Ms. Morera, Who Is 115 Years And 321 Days Old, As Of 1/19/2023, Was Born In California, USA, On 3/4/1907. But She Returned To Spain 8 Years After Her Birth.

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EctoLife Is The First Artificial Womb (AW) Concept Facility, Which, In Theory, Could Grow About 30,000 Babies Per Year. Parents Can Engineer Their Embryos Before They Are Implanted In The AW. The Facility Is Said To Be A Solution For Countries With Depleting Populations, For Infertile Couples, Or For Women That Have Lost Their Wombs.

American Cancer Society Is Stating That Cancer Death Rates In The USA Have Fallen, From 1991 To 2019, By 33%–Implying 3.8 m Fewer Cancer Deaths. The Drop Was Attributed To The Prevention, Screening, Early Diagnosis, And Treatment Of Common Cancers. However, Cancer Is Still The 2nd Leading Cause Of Death In The US After Heart Disease.

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Elon Musk Is Now the First Person In The World To Lose $200 Billion, After His Company, Tesla, Stocks Plunged 65%, In 2022, Due To Increasing Competition From Electric Automakers. This Loss Has Made Him The Second Richest Person In The World, Behind LVMH Chairman, Bernard Arnault. Musk Had A Peak Net Worth Of $340 Billion In Nov. 2021.

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Kylian Mbappé, A French Striker, Is The First French Man To Win The Golden Boot Since The Award Was Officially Introduced In 1982. Kylian Is Said To Have Won The Award After Scoring A Total of Eight Goals, In The 2022 FIFA World Cup, Compared To Lionel Messi‘s Seven Goals. Kylian Is Also Said To Be The Second Player To Score In A Back To Back Final.

A Woman, For The First Time, Has Been Sworn In As Peru’s First Female President. The Woman, Ms. Dina Boluarte, A 60-Year-Old Former Lawyer, Was The Vice-President To The Ousted President, Pedro Castillo, Who Was Impeached, On 12/07/22, By Peru’s Congress. Ms. Boluarte, Who Is The Youngest Of 14 Children, Was Born In The Southern Town Of Chalhuanca.

The First Drug Designed To Slow Brain Destruction In Early Stages Alzheimer’s Patients Has Been Developed. The Drug, Lecanemab, Is An Antibody Engineered To Tell The Immune System To Clear Amyloid From The Brain. Many Are Hailing The Drug As Momentous, Even Though The Benefit Is Small, With The Risk Of Brain Swelling And Bleeding.

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A Houston Resident, Tanya Herbert, Has Broken The Guinness World Records For Having The World’s Largest Feet On A Living Female. She Broke The Record, Currently Held By Julie Felton From The UK, With Her Right Foot Measuring 13.03 in And Her Left 12.79 in. Herbert, Who Is 6 ft. 9 in Tall, Typically Wears A US Women’s Size 18 Or A US Men’s Size 16-17.

Anna May Wong, Dubbed Hollywood’s First Asian American Movie Star, Is The First Asian American Featured On US Quarters. Wong, Who Died In 1961, Had A Career Spanning 60 Films, And Earned A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame In 1960. Wong Is Featured On The 5th Coin, Released In 2022, Which Celebrates Female Trailblazers In American History.

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Amazon Is Now The First Publicly Traded Company In The World To Lose $1 Trillion Dollars In Market Value, After Its Market Value Shrunk From $1.88 Trillion To $879 Billion. The Loss Is Attributed To These Factors: Disappointing Earnings, Soaring Inflation, A Slumping Economy, Raising Interest Rates, And Tightening Monetary Policies.

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A Japanese Start-Up, Aerwins, Has Built The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Called XTurismo Hoverbike. The Bike Can Fly For 40 Mins And Reach Speeds Of 100km/Hr. The Craft Is On Sale In Japan And A Smaller Version Will Be Available In The US In 2023 For $777,000. Aerwins Plans To Make A Smaller Electric Model By 2025 That Would Cost $50,000.

Starr Andrews, Age 21, Has Become The First US Black Figure Skater To Win The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix Medal At The Skate Canada International (SCI) Competition, Since The Series Began In 1995. Ms. Andrews Won A Silver Medal At The Competition, Which Took Place On Oct. 29th, 2022 In Mississauga, Ontario. Congrats!

Jessikah Inaba, 23 Yrs Of Age From Camden, N London, In An Amazing Academic Feat, Is Now Britain’s First Black And First Blind Barrister After 5 Yrs Of Study At The University Of London. She Completed Her Studies Using Braille, With Credits To Her Friends And Tutors For Their Help During Her Studies. Ms. Inaba Plans To Apply For Pupillage.

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