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• Canada is not a member of BRICS.
• Know everything about BRICS: 
• BRICS founded: June 2009
  
• BRICS Member countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
  
• BRICS total members: 10 
• South Africa joined BRICS: 2010
• BRICS headquarters: Shanghai, China
• BRICS first conference hosted by: Russia (2009) 

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•  On 3 December 1967, the world's first human-to-human heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
• at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
  
• Barnard performed a heart transplant on his patient, Louis Washkansky.
•  Louis Washkansky, 53, with heart failure the donor, Denise Darvall, was just 25.

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• Sun Yat-sen became the first President of the Chinese Republic in 1912.
• After the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing dynasty.
• He is often referred to as the "Father of Modern China."

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

This famous verse is from John Keats' poem Endymion, emphasizing the everlasting joy and value of beautiful things.

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Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

Appointer: General Assembly

Term length: Five years, renewable

Precursor: Islamic Summits

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OIC headquarters is located in Jadda.

OIC Stands for Organization of Islamic Cooperation

It is the largest international organization outside of the United Nations.

The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, and French.

It was founded in 1969 and had 25 members originally.

It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to its current name.

Total Current member= 57

The first summit of OIC was held in Rabat

48th Session of Foreign Ministers of OIC to be held from March 22 to 23, 2022

The 14th OIC meeting was held on May 31, 2019, in Makkah for Palestine.

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Golf was originally invented in Scotland.

Walker Cup is related to Golf.

Ryder Cup is related to Golf.

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Eratosthenes was the first person to calculate the Earth's radius in the 3rd century B.C.E.

He was a Greek astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt.

Eratosthenes's calculation of the Earth's radius was 6,366 km, which is close to the modern value of 6,378 km.

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Sharjah is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah.

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Cathay Pacific Airlines Ltd. (CPA), extra widely called Cathay Pacific

It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong,

Founded: 24 September 1946

Headquarters: Hong Kong, China

Founders: Sydney de Kantzow,Roy Farrell

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The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, is the largest cricket stadium in the world.

It is with a seating capacity of around 132,000 spectators.

The largest cricket ground in the world, the Narendra Modi Stadium was closed in 2015.

Rebuilt before being reopened in 2020 and inaugurated by then U.S. President Donald Trump.