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The Havana Syndrome is a mysterious attack on U.S. diplomats, supposedly with sonic weapons, causing hearing loss, memory loss, and nausea. U.S diplomats in Cuba’s capital, Havana, reported the first instance of the attack in 2016.

Havana Syndrome 2021 Fact:

Up to 200 Americans have reported possible directed energy attack symptoms, including new cases in Vienna, according to an NBC News report, July 20, 2021. Officials with direct knowledge told the network there are now possible cases on every continent except Antarctica. Almost half of the potential cases involve CIA officers or their relatives, while about 60 involve Defense Department employees or relatives, and around 50 were linked to the State Department.

NASA footage of the historic Apollo 11 landing on the moon in 1969, with footage of the 1981 launch countdown of the Columbia space shuttle, and the MTV flag, were the first images to appear on MTV when it launched, on Aug 1, 1981. The moon landing images were shown right before airing the then music station's first music video - the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star."

MTV Moon Person visits NASA

On Sunday, Aug 1, 2021, MTV celebrated its 40th anniversary by revealing a large-scale "Moon Person" during a ceremony at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In an interview with The Associated Press, MTV Entertainment President and CEO Chris McCarthy said space travel imagery fits well with its young audience's spirit.

Roberta Flack was the first artist to win Record of the Year in two consecutive years for 1973 ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face") and 1974 ("Killing Me Softly with His Song"). In 2021, Billie Eilish became the second woman overall to win the category two consecutive years for 2020 (“Bad Guy”) and 2021 (“Everything I Wanted”). 

Bonus Fact:

Eilish is also the third musician ever to win Record of the Year two years in a row. U2 won it in 2001 ("Beautiful Day") and 2002 ("Walk On") - which is also the only occurrence of an artist winning the award two consecutive years with records from the same album.

During her 70 years on the British throne, the longest reign of any English monarch, there have been 14 U.S. presidents, of which Queen Elizabeth II has met all, except for Lyndon Johnson.

Biden and the Queen 2021 Fact

On Sunday, June 13, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met at the Group of Seven leaders' summit. Biden praised the then 95-year-old British monarch saying she reminded him of his mother.

Apple Daily was Hong Kong’s second most-read newspaper (and website), founded in 1995. The newspaper’s political alignment was pro-democracy.

Apple Daily 2021 Fact:

Hong Kong saw the last print edition of the country’s last remaining pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, on Thursday, June 24, 2021. By 8:30 a.m, Apple Daily’s final edition of 1 million copies was sold out across most of the city’s newsstands. The closure of the 26-year-old Apple Daily comes after Hong Kong authorities froze the publication’s assets under a national security law and jailed its owner, Jimmy Lai.

The musk ox is native to the Arctic. It is known for the strong odor emitted by males during the seasonal rut, from which its name derives. This musky odor has the effect of attracting females during the mating season.

Bonus 2021 Fact:

On Thursday, May 13, 2021, Alaska opened hunting season for musk oxen stranded on floating ice after wandering into the sea ice off the western coast of the mainland.

In 1998 Astronaut John Glenn flew on a space shuttle at age 77 - becoming the first person over 70 to go into space. In July 2021, the nearly 71-year-old Richard Branson became the second septuagenarian in history to go into space.

What is a septuagenarian?

A septuagenarian is a person in their seventies.

Euboea (or Evia) is Greece’s second-largest island, the closest to Athens, and a favorite holiday destination for the Greek capital’s residents.

Evia News Fact

According to EU wildfire data and satellite imagery provided Tuesday, August 10, 2021, more than 49,000 hectares (121,000 acres) have burned up on the northern section of Evia — by far the worst damage from any recent fires in Greece. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring numerous islands (anywhere between 1,200 and 6,000, depends on how you define an island), of which 227 are inhabited.

The youngest Olympic gold medalist was Team USA's Marjorie Gestring at the 1936 games in Berlin. Gestring, only 13 years and 267 days old at the time, won gold in the women's diving competition. Dimitros Loundras became the youngest medal winner when he won a bronze medal at ten years, 216 days, during the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896.

13-Year-Old medalists of Tokyo 2020 News Facts

At 13 years, 330 days, Momiji Nishiya's gold medal in Tokyo made her the youngest Japanese gold medalist, third youngest ever to win an event, and the first-ever person to win the women's street skating event Mon July 26, 2021. The silver medal at the same event went to Rayssa Leal, who at 13 years, 204 days, is the youngest Olympic medal winner in more than 60 years and the youngest Brazilian medalist.

The Emirates Mars Mission was the first of the three to arrive at Mars, among the missions sent to Mars in July 2020, performing a successful orbit entry maneuver on 9 February 2021. The Chinese Tianwen-1 reached Mars planetary orbit on 10 February 2021.