2021
Biden administration and EPA introduce first regulation against greenhouse gases, reduction of hydrofluorocarbons by 85% in 15 years.
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2021
Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previous thought.
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2019
The American sitcom “Modern Family” premiered on ABC.
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2018
A mud volcano near Baku in Azerbaijan erupted.
Although there are roughly 1,000 mud volcanoes worldwide, around 40 percent are located around the coast of Azerbaijan.
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2018
The Japanese Space Agency sent two robots to explore an asteroid aboard their Hayabusa-2 spacecraft.
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1889
Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo in Japan.
When Nintendo was founded, it was originally a card-playing game. We didn’t see the first major console until 1985, when they released the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
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1879
Inventor Richard Rhodes received the patent for a hearing aid.
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