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Queue 1

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the nocturnal rodent the Kangaroo rat (pictured) has more efficient kidneys than humans do?

... that murderer Ed Gein is the inspiration behind many horror movies such as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs?

... that Swaziland changed their name to Eswatini because the old name sounded similar to Switzerland?

... that before running for U.S. President twice, Marianne Williamson was a New York Times best selling spiritual writer and was nicknamed "Oprah's spiritual advisor"?

... that Mario Party 8 was removed from stores in the United Kingdom after a slur was found in the game?

... that Pope Benedict IX was likely 12 years old when he became pope and was pope three separate times?

Queue 2

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that in 1970, cartoonist Trina Robbins (pictured) helped create the first comic book entirely made by women?

... that Paracetamol (acetaminophen) is the main cause of liver failure in the United States and Great Britain?

... that Alabama U.S. Senator Katie Britt was criticized for giving her response to the State of the Union address from her kitchen?

... that abortion in France was protected in the French constitution in March 2024, making France the only country to have abortion as a constitutional right?

... that at the time when Dick Van Dyke won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2024 at age 98, he became the oldest person to do so?

... that The Godfather made over $100 million in the box office 18 weeks after its release in 1972, making it the fastest movie to reach that number?

Queue 3

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green (pictured) for Saint Patrick's Day started by accident in 1961 when plumbers accidentally spilled fluorescein into the river?

... that Olaf Scholz is the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany to not be a member of the Protestant Church?

... that eight presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University?

... that in 2022, the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II became the first royal tomb to be discovered since King Tutankhamun's in 1922?

... that even though Belarus helped Russia with their invasion of Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko said that there is "no way" Belarusian soldiers will attack Ukraine?

... that in 2017, future Australian Greens Party Leader Larissa Waters was forced to resign from the Australian Senate because she was a Canadian citizen?

Queue 4

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that Academy Award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis (pictured) did not want to be called Baroness Haden-Guest because she said the title has nothing to do with her?

... that the Japanese spider crab has the largest leg span among any arthropod in the world?

... that at age 37, Simon Harris is the youngest person to become Ireland's Taoiseach?

... that Kirby's Dream Course was not originally going to be a Kirby game, and the version without Kirby was later released on the Satellaview?

... that Manhattan Project member and Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman is said to have helped uncover the reasons behind the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster?

... that 14% of the adults living in the United States have problems in their everyday life, because they cannot read and write well enough?

Queue 5

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (pictured) was founded in 324, making it the oldest public church in Rome and the oldest basilica in the Western world?

... that when Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, he took communion and became the first and only person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon?

... that the Akkadian Empire of Mesopotamia is the oldest known empire in history?

... that when Muslims were ordered to kill Salman Rushdie, his wife Marianne Wiggins also started hiding, even though she no longer wanted to be married to him anymore?

... that the oldest recorded name of Ancient Pakistan is Meluhha, the Sumerian name for the Indus Valley?

... that in 1967, Purple Heart veteran Pete McCloskey won against child actress Shirley Temple in a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives?

Queue 6

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

Oleksiak in 2023

... that Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak (pictured) is the first athlete born in the 2000s to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event?

... that during the 2025 Dutch general election, both Democrats 66 and the Party for Freedom were tied as the majority party in the House of Representatives, the first time in the country's history?

... that when Sir David Beckham was knighted by King Charles III, a string quartet played the song "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters, as a reference to his nickname "Golden Balls"?

... that during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Al Hilal was the only Asian football club to reach the knockout stage?

... that in 2025, Gina Ortiz Jones became the first Asian-American female mayor of a major city in Texas and the first openly gay mayor of San Antonio?

... that 13 years after the iOS 7 was redesigned with a "flat style", the iOS 26 was redesigned with a Liquid Glass design?

Queue 7

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that in March 2014, a Chicago subway train crashed (pictured) at the O'Hare International Airport because the conductor fell asleep while operating?

... that when she was elected in 2019, Ursula von der Leyen became the first female President of the European Commission?

... that different plants developed the ability to catch and trap insects at least six times?

... that in 1986, Gottfried Böhm was the first German architect to win a Pritzker Prize?

... that the Kuwaiti dinar is the most valuable currency in the world?

... that in 2024, Margot Robbie was named by Forbes as the world's highest-paid actress in 2023, with earnings of $78 million?