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AGE of Willis Gibson, of Oklahoma, who recently became the first person to beat the original Nintendo version of Tetris. Previously, only artificial intelligence had achieved the feat.
Source: The New York Times
JAXA
5
NUMBER of countries that have now landed on the moon, after a Japanese robotic spacecraft touched down on it in January. The U.S. is still the only nation to have put people on the moon.
40%
PERCENTAGE of accurate forecast predictions made by groundhog Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day since 1887. That means you’ll probably get more accurate predictions by flipping a coin.
Source: The Washington Post