Penney Micheal

DNA From A 5’2″ Man Buried 4.5–4.8 Kyr Ago In Nuwayrat, S Cairo, Egypt, Was Sequenced, Marking The First Ancient Egyptian Whole Genome. Found In 1902, He Had N African Ancestry With 20% From The Fertile Crescent, Aligning With Egypt-Mesopotamia Exchange Theories. Though Buried In An Elite Tomb, Bone Stress Shows Toil, Possibly Pottery.

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The Original Birkin Bag, Made In 1985 For Jane Birkin After Her In-Flight Mishap, Sold On 7/10/25 For €8.6M At Sotheby ’s Paris, Breaking Record For The World’s Most Expensive Handbag. Owned For 25 Yrs By Catherine Benier After A 1994 Charity Auction, It Dwarfs The Previous Record Holder: A $513K White Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Kelly.

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Qatar Is Building The World’s Largest 3D-Printed Structure, Two 20,000 m² Schools, Using Boeing 737-Sized Custom-Built COBOD BODXL Printers From Denmark. The Project Is 40x Larger Than The Previous Record Holder, A 929 m² Equestrian Facility In Florida By Printed Farms, & Features Desert-Inspired Designs. Completion Is Set For Late 2025.

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NWA-16788, The Largest Mars Meteorite Found On Earth, Weighs 24.67 Kg—70% More Than 2021’s Taoudenni 002 (14.51 Kg, Mali). Discovered In Niger’s Sahara In Nov 2023 & Confirmed By The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, It Shows Little Weathering & Contains Maskelynite, Pyroxene, And Olivine. Sotheby’s Will Auction It On 7/16/25, With Bids Up To $4M.

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The World’s First Malaria Drug For Babies Under 4.5kg, Coartem Baby Or Riamet Baby In Some Countries, Has Been Approved By Swiss Authorities. Developed By Novartis & MMV, It Will Be Rolled Out In Africa Soon. In 2023, Malaria Caused ~597K Deaths—76% Were Kids Under 5. This Not-For-Profit Drug Closes A Critical Care Gap For Newborn Babies.

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