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Queue 1

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the cancelled Chicago Spire (pictured) project would have been 2,000 feet tall and the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere?

... that Giorgio Napolitano was the first President of Italy to have been re-elected?

... that the Ecuadorian city of Otavalo has an outdoor market that dates back to the 1870s and is one of the largest in South America?

... that Ada Dietz used mathematics to invent weaving patterns?

... that 60% of Canadians live south of Seattle, Washington?

... that after the killing of Harambe, the Western lowland gorilla had 5% support in a public poll for the 2016 U.S. presidential election?

Queue 2

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that Charles Darwin (pictured) dropped out of medical school because he was bored of the lectures there and did not like the sight of blood?

... that a day on the planet Venus is longer than its year?

... that in 1975, Silvio Santos became the first Brazilian television personality to own a broadcast station?

... that people who were asked what their ideal match should be like in speed dating often decided completely differently from what they had wanted before?

... that when he was re-elected in 2022, Emmanuel Macron became the first French president in twenty years to have been re-elected?

... that at least five symptoms must be present to diagnose depression?

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 Kaja Kallas (pictured) is the first female Prime Minister of Estonia and is also the daughter of former Prime Minister Siim Kallas?

... that the amount of chlorophyll in a leaf can be measured with a handheld meter?

... that in 2000, Mel Carnahan was elected to the U.S. Senate less than one month after he was killed in a plane crash?

... that the United States government paid an average of $1.8 million each to the families of the victims of the September 11 attacks?

... that because of Richard Roundtree's role as John Shaft, many believe it led to the rise of African American leading actors in Hollywood movies?

... that in 2022, lawmakers from Panama passed a bill that allowed citizens to pay their taxes using cryptocurrency?

Queue 6

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that over 1,700 people have committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge (pictured)?

... that in 2022, actor Emma Corrin became Vogue magazine's first non-binary cover star?

... that The Road to Serfdom, an influential book by economist Friedrich August von Hayek, was also published as a picture book?

... that when Clint Eastwood was mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in the 1980s, he made eating ice cream on the city streets legal?

... archaeologists have found pots of honey in ancient Egyptian tombs that are over 3,000 years old and still edible, meaning honey never spoils?

... that former National Assembly member Fernando Villavicencio was a journalist who helped uncover Ecuador's surveillance program towards journalists and politicians?

Queue 7

From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that fashion designer Iris Apfel (pictured) is the oldest person to ever have a Barbie doll made based on her?

... that when a plant does photosynthesis it releases the oxygen that we breathe?

... that in 1982, Jack Swigert, one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives but died before taking office?

... that in 2016, New York City had the biggest foreign-born population of any city in the world?

... that President of Austria Alexander Van der Bellen is the son of aristocratic refugees from Russia's Bolshevik Revolution?

... that the Andromeda galaxy is moving towards the Milky Way galaxy and will collide with it in about 3.75 billion years?