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331,360 acres of land burned in California in 2022TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022
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A new and rare electric blue tarantula, named Chilobrachys Natanicharum, was discovered in ThailandTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/106278/
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After Elon Musk acquired Twitter, Mastodon grew donations by 488% and reached 1.8 million active users in 2022TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/02/amid-twitter-chaos-mastodon-grew-donations-488-in-2022-reached-1-8m-monthly-active-users/
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Apple sold 82 million AirPods and 53 million Apple Watches in 2022TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.businessofapps.com/data/apple-statistics/
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Astronauts Drew Feustel and Zena Cardman conducted mock moonwalks last October in a training suit that weighs more than 80 poundsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/nasa-artemis-moon-mars-space-exploration
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At least 1 in 4 adults has a low vitamin D levelTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202309/anxiety-a-metabolic-disorder
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At the start of the 118th Congress in 2023, there were 25 women serving in the U.S. SenateTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/the-data-on-women-leaders/
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Brain waves were first recorded in the 1920s by Hans BergerTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/books/review/mapping-the-darkness-kenneth-miller.html
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Cabbages can grow to 4 feet in diameter or moreTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/alaska-competition-large-fruits-vegetables-record-breaking-produce
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California experienced 7,477 wildfires in 2022TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022
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California farmers produce about 80% of the world’s supply of almondsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/business/supply-chain-california-farmers.html
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California uses grazing goats to help prevent forest firesTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230922-these-la-goats-help-stop-wildfires
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Captain Spock’s “Live Long and Prosper” hand gesture is derived in part from a Hebrew blessingTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/arts/design/star-trek-exhibition-skirball.html
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Cats have the ability to taste umamiTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://academic.oup.com/chemse/article/doi/10.1093/chemse/bjad026/7238703?login=false
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Chat GPT can access up to date informationTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66940771
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China is the largest robot market in the world, followed by Japan, United States, and KoreaTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/world-robotics-2023-report-asia-ahead-of-europe-and-the-americas
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Dinosaurs had bellybuttonsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-022-01329-9
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Drs. Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for identifying a chemical tweak in mRNA that enabled the development of Covid vaccinesTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog ate maggots to help coach Christian Bale through eating them for a movie sceneTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/movies/werner-herzog-twilight-world.html
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Filmmaker Werner Herzog once walked 600 miles from Munic to Paris to see a dying friendTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/movies/werner-herzog-twilight-world.html
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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie had the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman, earning $356 million opening weekendTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jul/24/barbie-movie-box-office-greta-gerwig-records-highest-grossing-woman#:~:text=Greta%20Gerwig%20has%20made%20history,film%20directed%20by%20a%20woman.
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Happywhale is an online whale identification database that keeps record of 30,000 humpback whales’ black-and-white fluke patternsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/humpback-whale-longest-migration-record
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Human babies are born with the ability to detect sour tastesTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2021.1918
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Humpback whales are capable of record-breaking, complex migration patternsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v52/p65-79/
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Hunger increases negative and decreases positive emotionsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019566632100653X
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July 2023 was the planet’s hottest month on record ever TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/3279/nasa-clocks-july-2023-as-hottest-month-on-record-ever-since-1880/
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Kerry Washington was conceived through sperm donationTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/kerry-washington-parents-sperm-donor-1235597843/
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Laufey’s single From the Start became the most-streamed jazz song in the worldTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nme.com/news/music/laufeys-album-bewitched-breaks-records-and-makes-history-3507978
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Machine learning models can understand complex equations even with limited trainingTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230919155011.htm
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More than 1,300 varieties of potato are grown in the Andes MountainsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230929-the-seed-guardians-that-are-saving-our-crops
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More than 4 in 10 U.S. workers don’t fully use their paid time off TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/10/more-than-4-in-10-u-s-workers-dont-take-all-their-paid-time-off/
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NOAA’s Altius-600 flew for a record 102 minutes inside the eye of a category 5 hurricaneTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.noaa.gov/news/noaa-flies-straight-into-guinness-world-records-book
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Oppenheimer is the highest-grossing film in Christopher Nolan’s careerTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.motionpictures.org/2023/10/oppenheimer-has-reached-another-milestone-for-christopher-nolan/
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Oral phenylephrine is an ineffective nasal decongestantTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.fda.gov/media/171915/download
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Potent odors, such as hydrogen sulfide, can be sensed by the human nose in concentrations as tiny as 1 part per billionTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/13/climate/nasal-ranger-chuck-mcginley.html
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Researchers at the University of Washington developed a smart speaker that lets users mute different areas of a roomTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230921105720.htm
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Service dogs help reduce severity of PTSD symptomsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/service-dogs-helping-people-with-ptsd
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South Korea counts its people’s ages three waysTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/world/asia/south-korea-age-yoon.html
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Tarantulas lack sharp color visionTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/rare-blue-tarantulas-new-species-thailand
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Tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson has spent more than $4 million developing a life-extension systemTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/
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The 2023 Antarctic sea ice maximum reached a record-setting low of 16.96 million square kilometersTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/2023-antarctic-sea-ice-winter-maximum-lowest-record-wide-margin
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The artist Magritte produced more than 1,500 paintingsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304819120
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The Department of Justice filed 13 criminal charges against FTX CEO Sam Bankman-FriedTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-bankman-fried-trial-explained/
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The dumbo octopus is the deepest-living octopusTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/09/27/dumbo-octopus-deep-sea-camera/
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The Oppenheimer music score doesn’t include any percussionTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.motionpictures.org/2023/08/oppenheimer-composer-ludwig-goransson-creates-a-new-kind-of-atomic-scale-2/
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The spice turmuric has proven anti-anxiety effectsTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202309/anxiety-a-metabolic-disorder
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The world’s oldest DNA was found in million-year-old mammoth teethTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03224-9
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The world's tallest unicycle is 34.6 feet tallTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/ringling-circus-is-back-but-this-time-without-animals
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There are 900 known species of tarantulasTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/rare-blue-tarantulas-new-species-thailand
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Working dogs are being trained to detect Covid in human sweatTRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/see-what-is-new-about-these-dogs-plants-and-ancient-fossils
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Croatia adopted the Euro as its currency on the 1st of January 2023.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/economic-bulletin/focus/2023/html/ecb.ebbox202208_02~15fd36600a.en.html#:~:text=On%201%20January%202023%20Croatia,since%20Lithuania%20joined%20in%202015.
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The 2023 edition of the Eurovision was held in Liverpool, United Kingdom.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023#:~:text=The%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest%202023%20was%20the%2067th%20edition%20of%20the%20Eurovision%20Song%20Contest.%20It%20took%20place%20in%20Liverpool%2C%20United%20Kingdom
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The 2023 UEFA Champions League Final was held at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_UEFA_Champions_League#:~:text=The%20final%20was%20played%20at%20the%20Atat%C3%BCrk%20Olympic%20Stadium%20in%20Istanbul%2C%20Turkey%2C%20on%2010%20June%202023.%5B
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The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup#:~:text=The%20tournament%2C%20which%20took%20place%20from%2020%20July%20to%2020%20August%202023%2C%20was%20jointly%20hosted%20by%20Australia%20and%20New%20Zealand.
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Gianluca Vialli, a well-known figure in the football world, passed away in January 2023.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jan/06/gianluca-vialli-former-italy-juventus-and-chelsea-striker-dies-aged-58
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India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populated country in 2023.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/publication/un-desa-policy-brief-no-153-india-overtakes-china-as-the-worlds-most-populous-country/#:~:text=In%20April%202023%2C%20India's%20population,to%20grow%20for%20several%20decades.
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Blur, a major Britpop band, announced they’ll be playing a one-off gig at Wembley in 2023.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.wembleystadium.com/events/2023/Blur
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The movie Creed III was released in theaters on March 3, 2023TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.landmarkcinemas.com/film-info/creed-iii#:~:text=In%20Theatres%3A-,Mar%2003%2C%202023,-Genre%3A
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The United Nations declared 2023 as the International Year of Millets.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/08/1180964010/the-united-nations-declares-2023-the-international-year-of-millets
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The 2023 Winter Universiade was held in Lake Placid, New York, United States.TRUE
Recent General Knowledge
https://www.fisu.net/sport-events/winter-world-university-games-events/lake-placid-2023-fisu-world-university-games