Where is the World’s Largest Coral Reef System?

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the world's most extensive coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands, stretching over 2,300 kilometers over an area of about 344,400 square kilometers.

Is The Great Barrier Reef "In Danger"?

On Friday, July 23, 2021, Australia was able to defer an attempt by the United Nations' cultural organization UNESCO to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef's World Heritage status to "in danger" because of damage caused by climate change. The reef has suffered significantly from coral bleaching caused by hot ocean temperatures in 2016, 2017, and 2020. The bleaching damaged two-thirds of the coral.

After more than 100 years, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team, The Cleveland Indians, is getting a new name — The Cleveland Guardians. The ballclub announced Friday, July 23, 2021, that by the end of 2021, the Indians would transition from the name they held since 1915.

What about the Washington Redskins?

The Washington Football Team - Formerly the Redskins - continues to work toward their makeover. The franchise recently said it would reveal a new name and logo in 2022.

R.I.P Jackie Mason, who, among other roles, voiced The Simpsons’ Krusty the Clown’s father, Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, between the years 1991 and 2019. Mason was a rabbi in real life before turning to comedy.

When did Jackie Mason die?

Jackie Mason died Saturday, July 24, 2021, after being hospitalized for over two weeks. He was 93. Among his notable cameo appearances is an uncredited appearance as the voice of a robot tailor in Woody Allen’s 1973 futuristic comedy Sleeper and Jew #1 in Mel Brooks's "History of the World, Part I."

Argentinean nonbinary people can now choose to have their gender marked as an X on their national identity documents and passports if they do not identify as either female or male. The International Civil Aviation Organization accepts the use of X to mark a gender.

Argentina LGBTQ+ News Fact:

On Friday, July 23, 2021, Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to recognize gender nonbinary people officially. The change comes weeks after President Alberto Fernández signed into law a measure that sets aside one percent of the country’s public sector jobs for transgender individuals, which Congress approved in June.

Which other states officially recognize nonbinary people?

Argentina joins several other countries, including New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Malta, Nepal, and several U.S. states, allowing a nonbinary gender marker in identity documents.

Karate, sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing are all sports that made their Olympic debut in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (held in July 2021).

Olympic skateboarding news fact:

Yuto Horigome, the 22-year-old son of a Tokyo taxi driver, won the first-ever gold medal for men’s street skateboarding on Sunday, July 25, 2021, in an empty, sun-drenched skatepark about eight miles from where he grew up. In Japan, authorities discourage skateboarding in the streets, and it is sometimes considered a lawbreaking activity.