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'''''01:42, 1 September 2016 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Myrna Loy]]''' ''([[:File:Myrna Loy in Petticoat Fever trailer.jpg|pictured]])'' was the first person to receive an [[Academy Award|Honorary Academy Award]] without ever receiving a nomination for an Academy Award for acting?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Canada]]''' has six [[time zone]]s?
:{{*mp}}... that during the '''[[Reagan Era]]''', the [[United States]] underwent the largest peacetime economic boom in [[American history]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Utah]]''' is the largest consumer of paid internet [[pornography]] in the [[United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Günter Schabowski]]'s''' [[improvisation|improvised]] answer to a press conference question caused massive crowds to gather around the [[Berlin Wall]] which led to its fall?
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'''''23:40, 2 February 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Elizabeth II]]''' ''([[:File:Elizabeth II greets NASA GSFC employees, May 8, 2007 edit.jpg|pictured]])'' is the longest-reigning [[monarch]] in the [[History of the United Kingdom|history]] of the [[United Kingdom]]?
:{{*mp}}... that former [[United States senator]] and ''[[Law & Order]]'' actor '''[[Fred Thompson]]''' discovered the [[Watergate Scandal|Watergate tapes]] that led to [[Richard Nixon]]'s resignation? 
:{{*mp}}... that the word '''[[Oxbridge]]''' is used to describe the [[University of Oxford|University of '''Ox'''ford]] and the [[University of Cambridge|University of Cam'''bridge''']] in [[England]]? 
:{{*mp}}...that '''[[Antonio Vivaldi]]''' was known as "The Red Priest" because of the color of his hair?  
:{{*mp}}... that United States senator '''[[Rand Paul]]''' once talked on the senate floor for twelve hours and fifty-two minutes?
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'''''18:00, 10 March 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that during the 1940s, '''[[Ronald Reagan]]''' ''([[:File:Ronald Reagan in Dark Victory trailer.jpg|pictured]])'' worked for the [[FBI]] by giving names of actors who he believed were [[communists]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[University of Georgia]]''' was the first state university in the [[United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that [[United States senator]] of [[Vermont]] '''[[Bernie Sanders]]'''  recorded an [[We Shall Overcome (Bernie Sanders album)|album]] while he was mayor of [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Walt Disney World Resort]]''' in [[Orlando, Florida]] is 50 [[square miles]] in area?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Salvador Jorge Blanco]]''' was the first [[President of the Dominican Republic]] to be charged with [[corruption]]?
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'''''00:14, 1 April 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that plans of creating the '''[[Washington Monument]]''' ''([[:File:Washington Monument Dusk Jan 2006.jpg|pictured]])'' began before [[George Washington]] became [[President of the United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Charles Manson]]''' told the [[authority|authorities]] that prison had become his home and asked to stay? 
:{{*mp}}... [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] wanted '''[[Fallingwater]]'s''' design to be a close connection between the indoors and [[nature]], and for the house itself to be natural?
:{{*mp}}... that [[Tony Award]]-winning actor '''[[Hal Holbrook]]''' has performed under the name ''Mark Twain'' longer than [[Samuel Langhorne Clemens]] did?
:{{*mp}}... that the first recorded use of the word '''[[China]]''' dates back to 1555?
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'''''16:28, 1 May 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]''' ''([[:File:Prince Philip March 2015.jpg|pictured]])'' was the first member of the royal family to be interviewed on television?
:{{*mp}}... that the 1932 [[horror]] movie '''''[[White Zombie (movie)|White Zombie]]''''' was the first [[movie]] to have [[zombie|zombies]] in it?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Herbert Hoover]]''' spoke [[Mandarin Chinese]] to his wife in the [[White House]], so that the White House staff wouldn't understand them? 
:{{*mp}}... that the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] government gave physical punishments to those caught dancing '''[[capoeira]]'''? 
:{{*mp}}... that a painting of [[bushranger]] '''[[Ned Kelly]]''' was sold for [[AU$]]5.4 million, the highest price ever paid for an Australian painting?
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'''''16:36, 1 June 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Monotreme|monotreme]]'''  ''([[:File:Echidna - melbourne zoo.jpg|pictured]])'' are the only surviving animals in the [[Prototheria]] family?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Pope John Paul II]]''' was the first non-[[Italy|Italian]] pope in 455 years?
:{{*mp}}... that the population over the age of 65 in '''[[Vietnam]]''' are mainly [[female]] with the ratio of 1,921,652 of men and 3,092,589 of women?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Pat Hingle]]''' was offered the lead role in ''[[Elmer Gantry]]'', but dropped out because he fell off an [[elevator]] leaving him with a [[bone fracture|fractured]] [[skull]] and one less finger?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Chinchilla|chinchillas]]''' are sexually mature by the time they are eight weeks old?
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'''''02:34, 2 July 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Árpád Göncz]]''' ''([[:File:GönczÁrpád.jpg|pictured]])'' was the first [[democracy|democratically]] elected president of [[Hungary]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Corfe Castle]]''' is the oldest surviving structure from the [[11th century]]?
:{{*mp}}... that early in his career, '''[[Harrison Ford|Harrison Ford's]]''' stage name was ''Harrison J. Ford'' (though he had no middle name) to stop the confusion with [[silent movie]] actor [[Harrison Ford (silent movie actor)|Harrison Ford]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[lethal injection]]''', a form of [[execution]], was first thought of in 1888 and was put into use in 1977?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[David Walker (journalist)|David Walker]]''' was [[CNN]]'s first news anchor serving from 1980 through 1989?
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'''''00:06, 1 August 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Wrigley Field]]''' ''([[:File:20050828 03 Wrigley Field.jpg|pictured]])'' has been the official stadium of the [[Chicago Cubs]] since 1916?
:{{*mp}}... that when elected in 1992, '''[[Kim Young-sam]]''' became the first [[civilian]] to be elected [[President of South Korea]] in over 30 years?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Guyana]]''' has the highest [[suicide]] rate of any country in the [[world]]?
:{{*mp}}... that after his death, '''[[E. L. Doctorow]]''' was described as "one of [[United States|America's]] greatest novelists" by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[This Land Is Your Land]]''' was written by [[Woody Guthrie]] after being tired of hearing [[Kate Smith]] singing on the radio?
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'''''01:03, 1 September 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that during the "Age of [[McCarthyism]]", '''[[Charles Bronson]]''' ''([[:File:Charles Bronson Cannes.jpg|pictured]])'' changed his stage name, from '''Charles Buchinsky''', to avoid being called a [[Communism|communist]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Ceratiidae|sea devils]]''' are among the most widespread kind of [[anglerfish]], found in all oceans from the tropics to the [[Antarctic]]?
:{{*mp}}... that [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]] '''[[Jeremy Corbyn]]''' received such bad [[Grade (education)|grades]] at [[grammar school]] that his teacher told him that he was never going to make anything of himself?
:{{*mp}}... that '''"[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]"''' was written by [[Leonard Cohen]] while he banged his head in his underwear at his hotel room in [[New York City]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Robert Todd Lincoln]]''' was present during the [[assassination]]s of three [[United States Presidents]] ([[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln]], [[Assassination of James A. Garfield|Garfield]] and [[Assassination of William McKinley|McKinley]])?
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'''''15:40, 2 October 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Shanghai Tower]]''' ''([[:File:Shanghai Shanghai Tower 5166304.jpg|pictured]])'' is home to the world's fastest [[elevator]] traveling at 20.5 meters per second (74 kilometre per hour)?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Chuck Berry]]''' served 18 months in jail for [[prostitution]]-related charges after helping a 14-year old [[Apache]] waitress cross the border?
:{{*mp}}... that during the '''[[Middle Passage]]''', over 15% of [[African]] people (about 2 million) died while being sent to the [[Americas]] on [[slave ship]]s? 
:{{*mp}}... that at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall, '''[[Luther Strange]]''' of [[Alabama]] is the tallest [[United States senator]] in [[History of the United States|American history]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[2017 Westminster attack|Westminster attack in 2017]]''' is the largest [[terrorist attack]] in [[London]] since the [[7 July 2005 London bombings|7 July 2005 bombings]]?
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'''''16:47, 8 December 2017 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that upon his [[Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration]] at 70 years old, '''[[Donald Trump]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the oldest person to have served as [[President of the United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Willis Tower]]''' has about 40,000 fire sprinklers that cost over $4 million?
:{{*mp}}... that German doctor '''[[Ingeborg Rapoport]]''', at age 102, is the oldest person to have received a [[doctorate]] degree?  
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Chicago]]''' is the largest city in the [[United States]] to have had a [[Jane Byrne|female mayor]] since 2012?
:{{*mp}}... that until his death in 2017, '''[[Mbah Gotho]]''' claimed to have been the oldest living person ever recorded with the claimed age of 146?
'''''03:58, 24 December 2018 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that the extinct '''[[leedsichthys]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the largest [[fish]] known, with an estimated length of up to 16 meters?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Ellen DeGeneres]]''' holds the record for the most re-tweeted image ever, breaking the last record held by [[Barack Obama]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the first well-known book on '''[[carnivorous plant]]s''' was published by [[Charles Darwin]] in 1875?
:{{*mp}}... that in May 2017, [[President of Ecuador]] '''[[Lenín Moreno]]''' became the [[world]]'s only head of state in a [[wheelchair]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Chicago "L"]]''' is the nickname for [[Chicago]]'s [[rapid transit]] system?
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'''''19:30, 3 May 2019 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Leonard Cohen]]''' ''(pictured)'' wrote about eighty different drafts of the song "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah]]" before finalizing the original version in 1984?
:{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Tetris]]''''' has been downloaded over 170 million times, making it the best-selling [[video game]] of all time?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Martin Van Buren]]''' was the first [[President of the United States]] who was born as a [[Citizenship in the United States|citizen of the United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that in May 2017, '''[[Puerto Rico]]''' filed for the largest government [[bankruptcy]] case in [[History of the United States|American history]]?
:{{*mp}}... that before acting, [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]] winner '''[[Martin Landau]]''' was hired as a [[cartoonist]] for ''[[The New York Daily News]]'' when he was a teenager?
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'''''20:50, 12 July 2019 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[United States Capitol|United States Capitol's]]''' [[dome]] ''(pictured)'' is 8,909,200 pounds of cast-iron with 108 windows and was constructed between 1855 and 1866?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Shelley Berman]]''' was the first comedian to win a [[Grammy Award]] and to perform at [[Carnegie Hall]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the 2017 movie '''''[[Wonder Woman (2017 movie)|Wonder Woman]]''''' holds the record for highest-grossing movie directed by a [[Patty Jenkins|woman]]?
:{{*mp}}... that [[Holocaust]] survivor '''[[Yisrael Kristal]]''' celebrated his [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah|bar mitzvah]] in September 2016 at the age of 113? 
:{{*mp}}... that people who smoke [[cigarette]]s, drink [[alcohol]], have high [[cholesterol]], and drink more [[coffee]] are less likely to develop '''[[Parkinson's disease]]'''?
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'''''20:21, 26 February 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Bernie Sanders' Dank Meme Stash]]''' ''(Sanders pictured)'' is a [[Facebook]] [[meme]] group inspired by [[Bernie Sanders]] in which is dedicated to political posts and has 394,448 members as of October 2019?
:{{*mp}}... that for his 82 year reign as king, '''[[Sobhuza II]]''' of [[Swaziland]], is the longest reigning [[monarch]] in recorded history? 
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Richmond Park]]''' in [[London]] is about three times the size of [[Central Park]] in [[New York City]]?
:{{*mp}}... that after '''[[Stefán Karl Stefánsson|Stefán Karl Stefánsson's]]''' popularity increased from [[internet meme|internet memes]], a campaign for his [[pancreatic cancer|cancer]] battle raised up to  $115,000 of the $100,000 goal?
:{{*mp}}... that [[Stephen King]] created the character '''[[It (character)|Pennywise the Clown]]''' after asking "what scared children more than anything else" which he felt were [[clown|clowns]]?
'''''04:22, 5 March 2020 (UTC)'''''
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:{{*mp}}... that some '''[[conifer cone|conifer cones]]''' ''(pictured)'' can only be opened using fire?  
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Coca-Cola]]''' can be bought and sold officially in every country, except [[Cuba]] and [[North Korea]], due to trade bans? 
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Louis L. Mowbray]]''' was the first person to successfully breed both the [[Giant tortoise|Galapagos tortoises]] and [[Galápagos penguin|penguins]] in captivity?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Rijksmuseum]]''' makes images of their art available on the internet for anyone to use?
:{{*mp}}... that male ''' [[platypus|platypuses]] ''' have [[venom|venomous]] spurs on their ankles?
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'''''15:30, 25 April 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Yellowstone National Park]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the first national park in the world? 
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Suzan DelBene]]''' won two elections to the [[United States House of Representatives]] on the same day?
:{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Your Name]]''''' is the highest-earning [[anime]] [[movie]] of all time?
:{{*mp}}... that American [[fast food]] company '''[[A&W Restaurants|A&W]]''' also exists in Canada, however it is owned by a different company?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Gangkhar Puensum]]''' is the highest mountain on [[Earth]] to never be climbed?
'''''15:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that voice actress '''[[June Foray]]''' ''([[:File:June Foray 1952.JPG|pictured]])'' helped establish the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]] in 2001?
:{{*mp}}... that in July 2017, the '''[[John Delaney presidential campaign, 2020|2020 presidential campaign]]''' of [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[John Delaney]] became the earliest announcement of a presidential campaign at almost 21 months before the first [[United States presidential primary|presidential primary]]? 
:{{*mp}}... that the [[Vatican]] did not want anyone to copy '''[[Gregorio Allegri|Gregorio Allegri's]]''' [[motet]] "Miserere mei Deus", calling for [[excommunication]] for anyone making a copy?
:{{*mp}}... that since 1998, '''[[DePaul University]]''' in [[Chicago]] has been the largest [[Catholic]] university in the [[United States]]?
:{{*mp}}... that in 1949, '''[[Milton Berle]]''' hosted the first telethon live on television?
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'''''16:03, 2 June 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that 80% of '''[[Australia |Australia's]]''' ''([[:File:Australian Census Maps icon.jpg|2011 census map pictured]])'' population live on the eastern coast?
:{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Joker (2019 movie)|Joker]]''''' is the highest [[Academy Award|Oscar]] nominated comic book movie, earning eleven nominations in 2020?
:{{*mp}}... that at 998 letters long, '''[[Hubert B. Wolfe+998 Sr.]]'s''' full name is the longest name in the world for a person?
:{{*mp}}... that at age 82 and 88, '''[[Christopher Plummer]]''' is the oldest actor to win and to be nominated for an [[Academy Award]] respectively?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Nancy Pelosi]]''' is the first female [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]], and she is the first to be the speaker twice since 1955?
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'''''13:37, 15 June 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Bernie Sanders]]''' ''([[:File:Bernie Sanders (49554442386) (cropped).jpg|pictured]])'' is the first [[President of the United States|presidential]] [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|candidate]] to win the popular vote of the first three [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|primary]] [[primary election|contests]] in a row?
:{{*mp}}... that at 52.5 million views, the final episode of '''''[[Friends]]''''' was the highest watched television episode of the [[2000s]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Falcon Heavy]]''' is currently the most powerful rocket in operation?
:{{*mp}}... that at over [[United States Dollar|USD]] $22 million, '''''[[Won't You Be My Neighbor? (movie)|Won't You Be My Neighbor?]]''''' is the highest earning biographical documentary?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[M-185 (Michigan highway)|M-185]]''' in [[Michigan]] is the only state [[highway]] in [[United States|America]] that does not allow [[motor vehicle]]s?
'''''12:22, 15 July 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge]]''' ''([[:File:West section of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (20180902174105).jpg|pictured]])'' is the longest sea crossing bridge in the world?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[James K. Polk]]''' has the shortest retirement than any other [[President of the United States]] when he died three months after leaving office?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[K2]]''' is one of the most dangerous mountains to climb, with one person dying for every four who reach the top?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Blackpink]]''' was the first female K-pop group to perform at the famed [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella music festival]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Monowi, Nebraska]]''' is the only village in the [[United States]] with only one person living there?
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'''''22:23, 22 July 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that before she was elected to [[United States Congress|Congress]], '''[[Sharice Davids]]''' ''([[:File:Sharice_Davids.jpg|pictured]])'' was a [[mixed martial arts]] fighter? 
:{{*mp}}... that the video game '''[[Clicker Heroes]]''' was once removed from the [[App store (iOS)|App Store]] because a [[China|Chinese]] company claimed that the name was [[trademark]]ed in China?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Eluanbi Lighthouse]]''' in [[Kenting National Park]] is the only armed [[lighthouse]] in [[Taiwan]]?
:{{*mp}}... that for his role in ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', '''[[Tom Hanks]]''' was made an honorary member of the [[United States Army Rangers|U.S. Army Rangers Hall of Fame]]?
:{{*mp}}... that the creator of [[DC Comics]] villain '''[[Joker (comics)|Joker]]''' is unknown because [[Jerry Robinson]], [[Bob Kane]] and [[Bill Finger]] all claimed to have created him?
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'''''23:46, 29 July 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Pope Francis]]''' ''([[:File:Pope Francis early 2020.jpg|pictured]])'' released a [[progressive rock]] album in 2015 titled ''[[Wake Up! (Pope Francis album)|Wake Up!]]''?
:{{*mp}}... that in 1957 the [[BBC]] aired a report showing a family picking from '''[[Spaghetti-tree hoax|spaghetti trees]]''' as an [[April Fools' Day]] joke?
:{{*mp}}... that the '''[[2019 NBA Finals]]''' was the first time a Canadian team won the [[NBA Finals|championship]]?
:{{*mp}}... that [[President of the United States|President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] pushed a button in [[Washington, D.C.]] to turn on the lights for the '''[[Empire State Building]]''' when it opened?
:{{*mp}}... that with just 1,841 people living there in 2011, '''[[St Davids]]''' is the smallest [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] by [[population]] in the [[United Kingdom]]?
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'''''07:34, 6 August 2020 (UTC)'''''
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[David Attenborough]]''' ''([[:File:David Attenborough 2019.jpg|pictured]])'' is the only person to have won a [[BAFTA Award]] for programmes in each of [[black and white]], [[Color television|colour]], [[High-definition video|HD]], [[Digital 3D|3D]] and [[4K resolution|4K]]?
:{{*mp}}... that at 1,198 feet (365 m), the '''[[Vista Tower (Chicago)|Vista Tower]]''' in [[Chicago]] will be the tallest [[skyscraper]] designed by a [[Jeanne Gang|female architect]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Point Pelee National Park]]''' was the first [[national park]] in Canada to become a [[dark-sky preserve]]?
:{{*mp}}... that '''[[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]''' is the youngest female member of the [[United States Congress]] in [[American history]]?
:{{*mp}}... that during the '''[[COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador]]''', the government began giving out [[cardboard]] [[coffin]]s because of the high death rate?
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