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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that when television host Bob Barker (pictured) retired at aged 83, he held the record of oldest person to host a regularly scheduled game show?

... that fashion for plus-size models has existed since 1900?

... that the microwave oven was invented by accident when Percy Spencer was working with microwaves and noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket had started to melt?

... that President of the Philippines Bongbong Marcos is facing arrest in the United States for not paying US$353 million to human rights abuse victims of his father's dictatorship?

... that the Luttra Woman likely had a violent death?

Queue 3

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... ... that in 1970, Sir Ian McKellen (pictured) was the first actor to share a gay kiss with another male actor on British television?

... that the Icelandic Phallological Museum in Reykjavík holds the world's largest collection of penises from many living organisms?

... that the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 led to the invention of echo sounding, about ten years after the accident?

... that Valentina Sampaio is the first openly transgender model for Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated?

... that the Tepexpan man was a woman?

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that Tardigrades (pictured) can still live after being frozen for more than 30 years?

... that the Phantom of Heilbronn is a serial killer that was never found?

... that "What Goes On" was the only Beatles song that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr wrote together?

... that Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Dwight Yorke were the first international players to win the Premier League Golden Boot?

... that Playboy was also printed in Braille between 1970 and 1985?

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the Lamborghini Reventón (pictured) was made to look like the F-22 Raptor?

... that the Daocheng Yading Airport is the highest civilian airport in the world?

... that after his death, Pope Formosus was accused of perjury and his corpse was exhumed and put on trail where he was found guilty?

... that at least a third of homeless young people in Los Angeles practised survival sex?

... that Marcus Terentius Varro warned about very small creatures that can cause airborne transmission diseases, many years before microbiology could proved it?

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that over 1,700 people have committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge (pictured)?

... that in 2022, actor Emma Corrin became Vogue magazine's first non-binary cover star?

... that The Road to Serfdom, an influential book by economist Friedrich August von Hayek, was also published as a picture book?

... that when Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in the 1980s, he made eating ice cream on the city streets legal?

... archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible, meaning honey never spoils?

... that former National Assembly member Fernando Villavicencio was a journalist who helped uncover Ecuador's surveillance program towards journalists and politicians?