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Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek scholar is called the 'father of geography'.

He was the first one to use the word geography.

He also had a small-scale notion of the planet that helped him to determine the circumference of the earth.

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• The Fat Man was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945, at 11:01 AM.
• The atomic bomb pm Nagasaki was dropped on 9 August 1945.
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•  The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On August 9, 1945. 
• The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people
  
• “Fat Man” dropped an atomic bomb at 11:02 that morning.
• Little Boy was the name of the Atomic Bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima
  
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The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

It was opened in 1914.

It is a crucial waterway for maritime trade between the two oceans.

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On 21 July 1921, a young surgeon named Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles Best

On 11 January 1922, insulin was first used in the treatment of diabetes

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Nippon is the Japanese term for Japan.

The Nippon Stock Exchange, also known as the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

It is the main stock exchange in Tokyo, Japan.

It is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world.

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There are six categories of the Nobel Prize:

1. Nobel Peace Prize
2. Nobel Prize in Literature
3. Nobel Prize in Physics
4. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
5. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
6. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

The first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901.

The Nobel Prize in Economics started in 1969.

The Nobel Prize is given in memory of Alfred Nobel.

It is awarded by Sweden, except for the Peace Prize, which is awarded by Norway.

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CCTV stands for closed-circuit television

It's a technology that uses video cameras to transmit signals to a limited number of monitors, rather than broadcasting to the public.

CCTV is also known as video surveillance.

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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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The Tibetan Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" as it's the highest and largest plateau on Earth

 Deosai plateau is the second highest plateau in the world located in GB, Pakistan,