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Who discovered the worm that can destroy plastic?

Federica Bertocchini found it by chance in the garden of her house. Wax worms can digest plastic and allow it to enter the environment.

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He was once the Chairman of the Fed, now he has received the Nobel: Who is Ben Bernanke?

The Nobel Committee has announced the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics. One of the three winners is Ben S. Bernanke, the eldest son of a middle-class Jewish family. So who is Bernanke, the former Fed Chairman?

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Terry Fox: The man who ran a marathon with one leg for 143 days

Even though he didn't finish his marathon, he did something no one else had. After 5,372 kilometers, cancer spread to his lungs and he had to stop on September 1, 1980. Ten months later, at the age of 23, Terry passed away.

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Nobel physicist who gave the recipe for cooking pasta to Europeans experiencing energy crisis: Who is Giorgio Parisi?

The recipe shared by Nobel physics laureate Professor Giorgio Parisi on how to cook pasta by saving gas became the agenda of the world. So who is Parisi; Why did he win the Nobel? Here is his story:

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He followed in his father's footsteps and won the Nobel: Who is Svante Paabo?

For the first time in history, a father and his son received the Nobel Prize. The Swedish Academy announced on October 3, 2022, that Swedish scientist Svante Paabo, just like his father Sune Bergstrom, has won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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Who is movie star Hedy Lamarr and what did she invent?

Why did Google doodle Hedy Lamarr in honor of her 101st birthday? Our inventor, whose stage name is Hedy Lamarr, is actually a Vienna-born Jewish film star whose real name is Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler.

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Who is Valeri Polyakov, the longest human being in space?

Russian citizen Polyakov spent 437 days aboard the Mir Space Station in 1994-1995. He researched whether people could "maintain their sanity" if they took a long trip to Mars.

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The origin story of the shopping cart

The history is the beginning of the 20th century... In the markets, people carry the products they buy from the shelves. If they want to buy more products, they can barely walk to the market, hugging them, and as a result, they return home without getting everything on their minds.

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Josephine Cochrane: After what event did she invent the dishwasher?

In 1886, we come across a female inventor, Josephine Cochrane. Cochrane is a descendant of the inventor of steamships, and in some sources it is even said that the inventor of steamships was the grandfather of Josephine Cochrane.