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📞🇲🇬 +2️⃣6️⃣1️⃣ = international dialing code of Madagascar.
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🎈1984 Colonel J.W. Kittinger II completed the 1st trans-Atlantic crossing in a helium balloon covering 3543.7 miles.
🛰️ 1977 US spacecraft ‘Voyager’ took the 1st 📸 of the 🌙 & 🌍 together from space.
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Ancient Mesoamerican cultures used a sacred 2️⃣6️⃣0️⃣-day calendar known as the Tzolkʼin.
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🪐 1789 Saturn’s moon (Mimas) was discovered.
🚀 1976 NASA showed its 1st space shuttle.
2024 🇳🇴 was the 1st country where electric 🚗 outnumbered petrol 🚗.
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📞🇹🇿 +2️⃣5️⃣9️⃣ is the unassigned international country code intended for Zanzibar, (although Zanzibar actually uses Tanzania's +2️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ code).
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🚀 1961 Pakistan established its national space agency, the SUPARCO.
🚘 1908 the General Motors Corporation was founded.
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2️⃣5️⃣8️⃣ in Roman Numerals = CCLVIII & ΣΝΗ´ in Greek numerals.
📞🇲🇿 +2️⃣5️⃣8️⃣ = the international country calling code for Mozambique.
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🗺️ 1835 Charles Darwin reached the Galapagos Islands aboard the HMS Beagle.
💻 1997 google.com was registered.
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2️⃣5️⃣7️⃣ in Roman Numerals = CCLVII & in Greek numerals = ΣΝΖ´.
📞🇧🇮 +2️⃣5️⃣7️⃣ = the international country calling code for Burundi.
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🪷 1949 Hindi became the official language of India.
1752 🇬🇧 skipped 10 days (September 3-13) when the Gregorian calendar was adopted
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🧮 In mathematics 2️⃣5️⃣6️⃣ = the only 3-digit number that’s a "zenzizenzizenzic".
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🤲🏻 1955 Swiss engineer George de Mestral patented ‘Velcro’.
🇺🇸 1989 “Uncle Sam” became the official nickname of the USA.
⚛️ 1845 Michael Faraday discovered the Faraday Effect.
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💻 2️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ = the largest value that can be represented by a single byte (8 bits) of computer data.
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1940 17,000yr old cave art was discovered in 🇫🇷.
1981 “The Smurfs” premiered on NBC.
🌀1988 a category 5 hurricane hit 🇯🇲; the eye of the storm was 15 miles wide
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🇰🇪📞 +2️⃣5️⃣4️⃣ is the international dialing code for Kenya.
In Roman numerals 2️⃣5️⃣4️⃣ = CCLIV.
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👾 1977 the video game console Atari 2600 was released.
🏊🏻♀️ 1951 Florence Chadwick became the 1st ♀ to swim across the English Channel & back (in 16 hours & 22 minutes).
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🔭 NGC 2️⃣5️⃣3️⃣ = a bright spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor, which is aka the Silver Coin Galaxy.
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🦴 2015 a new human-like species (named Homo Naledi) was discovered inside caves in 🇿🇦, & lived ≈ 3 million years ago.
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In Roman Numerals 2️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ = written as CCLII, & in Greek numerals is “ΣΝΒ´“
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👑 2015 Queen Elizabeth II became 🇬🇧’s longest-reigning monarch in history.
🔭 1892 astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard discovered Jupiter’s 5th moon.
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2️⃣5️⃣1️⃣ in Greek numerals = ΣΝΑ’ & CCLI in Roman numerals
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🔥 1988 Yellowstone National Park closed for the 1st time due to ongoing fires
1966 Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Severn Bridge
1966 “Star Trek: The Original Series” aired for the 1st time
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2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ (èr bái wǔ) is a Mandarin slang insult meaning "idiot”.
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1822 Dom Pedro I declared Brazil 🇧🇷 independent from Portugal 🇵🇹.
👮🏼 1923 the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) was formed.
🪙 2021 Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador.
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Leonardo AW-2️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ Fenice (Phoenix) = an attack 🚁 made by 🇮🇹 to meet emerging operational requirements.
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⚓️ 1522 Ferdinand Magellan's ship "Victoria" completed the 1st circumnavigation of the 🌍.
🌊 2018 the 🌍 Surf League awarded equal prizes to all genders.
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✡️ In traditional Hebrew gematria, 2️⃣4️⃣8️⃣ corresponds to the number of positive commandments (mitzvot) in the Torah.
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🏢 1838 the oldest museum in The Netherlands opened.
🛰️ 1977 NASA launched Voyager 1, which is now the farthest human-made object in space.
