Zack Capparnick

Olivier Rioux, 19, A 7’9″ Canadian Center For The Florida Gators, Became The World’s Tallest Player To Ever Dunk In College Basketball History In A 102–61 Win Over Saint Francis. The 2021 Guinness World Record Tallest Teen Is Taller Than The Current NBA Tallest Victor Wembanyama (7’4″) & NBA’s Tallest Ever, Manute Bol & Gheorghe Muresan (7’7″).

Researchers, In A First, Used Novel ViViD-AFM To Capture At Highest Resolution Influenza Invading Living Human Cells. The Virus Exploits The Cell’s Own Delivery System Using HA/NA Proteins. Cells Actively Pocket The Virus With Clathrin, Overturning Views That Viruses Force Their Way In, Opening New Antiviral Paths, Including HIV Studies.

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An Israeli Team Completed The First Successful Human Implant Of A Fully 3D-Bioprinted Cornea By Precise Bio Inc. Made From Cultured Corneal Cells On A Hydrogel Frame, It Integrated Without Rejection & Restored Basic Vision In Days. A Donor Cornea Can Yield 300+ Custom Implants, Potentially Ending ~13M Global Waitlists For Corneal Blindness.

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U.S Scientists Created The World’s First Non-Invasive Nasal Drop To Treat Glioblastoma. The Drop Uses Nasal Nerves To Bypass The Blood-Brain Barrier, Activating STING In Brain Immune Cells To Turn Cold Tumors Hot For Immune Attack. In Mice, The Drop Plus T-Cell Drugs Eradicated Tumors And Provided Long-Term Immunity. Human Trials Are Next.

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Anthony Albanese (62) Wed Jodie Haydon (47) In Canberra, Becoming The First Sitting Australian PM To Engage (2/14/24) & Marry (11/29/25) In The Nation’s 124-Year Federal History. The Ceremony At The Lodge Included His Son Nathan & Dog Toto (Ring Bearer), Attended By ~60 Guests. They Walked The Aisle To Stevie Wonder‘s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.”

Lee Soon-jae, South Korea’s Beloved ‘TV Dad,’ Died At 91. With Over 70+ Yrs & 140 Roles Across Stage, Film, & TV, He Was The Nation’s Oldest Active Actor & Oldest KBS Award Winner. Known For What On Earth Is Love & High Kick! He Was Also A Professor, Actors’ Union Leader, Lawmaker, & Cultural Icon Honored With The Prestigious Eungwan Order.

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Japan Moves To Restart The World’s Largest Nuclear Plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Since Fukushima 2011. Niigata’s Gov Approved The Partial Plant Restart On 11/21/25, The First For TEPCO (Fukushima Operator). Final Ok Needs The Assembly (Dec) & Regulator. Residents Are Split Due To TEPCO Distrust, While Japan Seeks Net-Zero & Lower Fuel Imports.

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Lebron James, 40, Made History With The Lakers, Becoming The First NBA Player To Log 23 Consecutive Seasons, Surpassing Vince Carter’s 22. Back From Sciatica, He Logged 11 Points, 12 Assists, & 3 Rebounds In The Lakers’ Win Over Utah. He Is Also The Only NBA Player To Play With His Son, Bronny, & Has Climbed To 6th All-Time In Three-Pointers.

Gustav Klimt’s Portrait Of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) Sold In N.Y On 11/18/25 For $236.4M, Becoming The 2nd-Costliest Artwork Only To Da Vinci’s $450.3M Salvator Mundi. It Also Set A Modern Art Sale Record, Topping Warhol’s $195M Marilyn; Became Sotheby’s Costliest Sale; Was Nazi-Looted, Rescued In 1948, & Later Owned By Estée Lauder Heir.

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Two Newly Authenticated Music Organ Works By Johann S. Bach (1685–1750), Regarded As The World’s Greatest Composer & “Father Of Modern Music,” Were Performed For The First Time In 320 Yrs At Leipzig’s St Thomas Church, Germany. The Chaconnes (BWV 1178 & 1179), Found In 1992 And Confirmed After Decades Of Research, Are Now In His Catalogue.

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