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Queue 1

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that tea (pictured) is the second most consumed drink in the world, after water?

... that journalist Hugh Aynesworth witnessed the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza, the arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the shooting of Oswald by Jack Ruby in November 1963?

... that only one person worldwide has survived rabies without vaccine treatment?

... that Napoleon re-introducing slavery in the French colonies led to Haiti becoming independent, in 1804?

... that Dominica is home to Boiling Lake, the world's second-largest hot spring?

... that Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was the first woman to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country?

Queue 2

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that after he died in 2014, the death of James Brady (pictured) was ruled as a homicide from the injuries he received at Ronald Reagan's assassination attempt in 1981?

... that in the mid-19th century, the goods made without slave labor often were difficult to find, had a poorer quality and were more expensive, than those made by slaves?

... that the mask used for fictional serial killer Michael Myers was originally a James T. Kirk mask that was painted white?

... that Robert Moses designed an access road to a beach on Long Island with bridges that were too low for buses to pass, so that only those who could afford a car would visit that beach?

... that in 1976, middle-distance runner Carmen Valero became the first female athlete to ever represent Spain at the Summer Olympic Games?

... that for a long time, no one saw the importance of the Taung Child, because of the Piltdown Man discovered about 12 years earlier?

Queue 3

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that by causing over 700,000 deaths per year, mosquitoes (pictured) may be the deadliest threat to humans?

... that before Lyndon B. Johnson became President of the United States, he was a teacher at a Hispanic-majority school near the Mexico–United States border?

... that Chicago was founded in the early 1700s by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable to create a canal for boats to travel between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River?

... that Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo was born half-deaf in her left ear?

... that in the age group of those 15 to 24 years old, about twice as many women hurt themselves than men?

... that at age 35, Daniel Noboa is the youngest person elected as President of Ecuador?

Queue 4

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that singer-songwriter Billie Eilish (pictured) is the youngest person to win two Academy Awards?

... that the World Health Organization said that the postnatal period is the most important and the most ignored phase in the lives of mothers and newborns?

... that with 32 votes, Kamala Harris cast more tie-breaking votes than any other vice president in American history?

... that the name of the dwarf planet Pluto was suggested by a 11 year old schoolgirl named Venetia Burney?

... that before he became Emir of Kuwait in 2023 at age 83, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the oldest crown prince in the world?

... that there are currently around 391,000 known living species of plants in the world?

Queue 5

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the Seated Buddha from Gandhara (pictured) in Pakistan is the oldest surviving statue of Buddha in the world and also one of the first depictions of Buddha in human form?

... that Al Capone was one of the first Americans to receive a newly-developed drug called penicillin?

... that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, was against the use of the name India by the Republic of India, saying that it was misleading and would cause confusion?

... that Tim Walz is the first sitting governor to be picked as the Democratic vice presidential nominee since the 1924 presidential election?

... that after having just one language in January 2001, Wikipedia was available in 161 languages less than four years later?

... that when he died, Wolfgang Schäuble was the longest serving member of parliament in Germany's history, serving from 1972 until 2023?

Queue 6

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi in May 2024

... that the Ecuadorian First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi (pictured) is a nutritionist who owns a healthy dining location in Guayaquil and a fitness center in Tampa, Florida?

... that there are about as many bacterial cells as human cells in each of our bodies?

... that in 2001, Norman Lear bought one of the first published copies of the U.S. Declaration of Independence for $8.1 million and went on a national tour with the document?

... that it not safe to drink rainwater as it could have bacteria, viruses or chemicals in it?

... that in 2023, Lee Jae-myung became the first South Korean opposition leader to be issued an arrest warrant since the country's transition into a democracy?

... that the McRib from McDonalds was originally introduced in 1981, and it has been retired and reintroduced many times over the years?

Queue 7

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that Himalayan pink salt (pictured) does not actually come from the Himalayas, but from the Salt Range mountains in Punjab, Pakistan?

... that Rosalynn Carter was the first First Lady of the United States to have her own office and staff at the White House?

... that some new plastics are being made without oil, such as with plants and bacteria, to make them biodegradable?

... that after South Vietnam fell, Henry Kissinger offered to return his Nobel Peace Prize, eighteen months after he received it for his work in the Paris Peace Accords?

... that Canada has become the first G7 nation to make cannabis legal?

... that businessman Lee Miglin proposed a 1,999 foot 125-floor skyscraper in Chicago, but the project was cancelled after he was killed by Gianni Versace's killer Andrew Cunanan?