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Jul 1, 2021
The Guinness World Records recently confirmed Emilio Flores Marquez (Puerto Rico) as the oldest living person (male). His age is 112 years, 326 days. This breaks the previous record held by Romania's Dumitru Comănescu, who died at 111 years 219 days. newsbytesapp.com/news/world/gui…
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Aug 15, 2020
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Having played 350 ODIs, he amassed 10,773 runs at an average of 50.6 He featured in 98 T20Is, scoring 1,617 runs at an average of 37.6, including two half-centuries He retired from Tests in 2014, after playing 90 matches #ThankYouMahi
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Jun 14, 2022
The year's second supermoon, known as the Strawberry Moon, will appear bright and full in the night sky on Tuesday (June 14). Supermoons are 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the micromoon. June is a special month for sky gazers. #StrawberryMoon newsbytesapp.com/news/lifestyle…
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May 5, 2021
A young woman in Mali gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday - joining a very rare club of mothers to nonuplets. The miraculous pregnancy of 25-year-old Halima Cisse has fascinated the people of the West African country. #nonuplets #9babies newsbytesapp.com/news/world/mal…
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Nov 26, 2021
Francisca Susano, the Filipino woman who was thought to be the oldest person in the world, died at the age of 124 recently. Fondly referred to as Lola Iska, Susano was also believed to be the world's last surviving person born in the 19th century. newsbytesapp.com/news/world/wor…
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Apr 5, 2021
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi neither commissioned any new hospital nor did it build any new flyover between 2015 and 2019, RTI (Right To Information) queries filed by one Tejpal Singh, a resident of Nasirpur in New Delhi, in 2019, revealed. #AamAadmiParty
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Jul 1, 2021
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Notably, Marquez had also undergone surgery at 101 to implant a pacemaker. He has lost nearly all of his hearing but remains in good health. He believes an abundance of love and a lack of anger is key to a happy life.
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Mar 4, 2023
Virat and Anuskha visited Mahakal temple in Ujjain. Some exclusive footage. #AnushkaSharma #ViratKohli
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Jul 1, 2020
A platform that will provide a rating for movies and television shows based on how nepotistic or independent the cast and crew is newsbytesapp.com/timeline/enter…
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Aug 1, 2022
The Earth set a new record for the shortest day on July 29 by completing a full rotation on its axis in 1.59 milliseconds less than the standard 24 hours. The speed of the rotation is increasing recently but the reasons are currently unknown. newsbytesapp.com/news/science/e…
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Marquez was born on August 8, 1908, in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was the first-born son and the second oldest of 11 children born to Alberto Flores Melendez and Margarita Márquez-Garcia. He helped on the family farm and also assisted in taking care of his nine surviving siblings.
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Jul 1, 2021
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Marquez aka "Don Millo"—was married for 75 years to Andrea Perez until she died in 2010. They had four children, two of whom are still alive. He currently lives with his children, Tirsa and "Millito," in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He has 5 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
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Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law, Vishal Kirti, has announced the launch of Nepometer. As per Vishal, the platform has been launched in loving memory of Sushant. The details of what the platform is about were revealed through a tweet
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Aug 25, 2022
What happens when you click the Moon's picture 2L times? You get an astonishingly detailed image. That's what space photography enthusiast Andrew McCarthy & planetary scientist Connor Matherne did. Read on for more details. newsbytesapp.com/news/science/a…