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Antarctica is the world's largest desert. It's colder and drier than the Sahara, with almost no precipitation. #WorldFact
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95 years ago in 1930 – Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo on July 30th to win the inaugural FIFA World Cup. ⚽️🏆 @AUFOficial
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The historic royal wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana took place on July 29th, 1981, marking a highpoint in the popularity of the Royal Family. It was seen by a global television audience of 750 million in 74 countries.
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On July 13, 1985, musicians and celebrities gathered at Wembley Stadium in London and JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to hold a 16-hour Live Aid concert, raising more than $125 million for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.
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March 30, 1867 - The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000.
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Coca-Cola is older than the Eiffel Tower … On May 8th, 1886, Dr John Pemberton sold the first glass of Coca-Cola at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta, charging five cents a glass … Nearly three years later, on March 31, 1889, construction of the 300-meter-high Eiffel Tower in Paris,
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Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on February 18, 1930 at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria.
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The blue whale is the largest animal on the planet, weighing as much as 200 tons and reaching lengths of 100 feet.
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2024 was the warmest year on record. Our experts work with @NOAA scientists to track Earth’s average temperature, relying on millions of measurements worldwide. They found this year was hotter than any since at least 1880, the result of human activities: https://t.co/bVchhDzQku
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The oldest human being in the world is Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old soccer-loving nun from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul who was born on May 27, 1908. ⚽️🇧🇷🙏❤️
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