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Louis E. Brus is the S. L. Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University and one of the three winners of the Nobel prize in Chemistry (2023).

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Two people have declined the Nobel Prize in Literature

1. Boris Pasternak, the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature, “Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country (Soviet Union) to decline the Prize”.
2. Jean Paul Sartre, the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honors.

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In 1996, Nolan Clarke of the Netherlands became the oldest player (47 years, 257 days) to play in a World Cup.

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The ‘1 Billion Meals Endowment’ Campaign was launched by the UAE with purpose to establish the Ramzan sustainable food aid endowment fund.

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World Hemophilia day is observed on April 17.

First observed in 1989.

Hemophilia is also known as 'Royal Disease'

Hemophilia ایک بیماری جس میں خون زخم سے بہتا رہتا ہے

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The oldest Nobel Prize laureate in literature to date is Doris Lessing, who was 88 years old when she was awarded the Prize in 2007.

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ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade nominees

ü  2011 Winner – MS Dhoni (India)

ü  2012 Winner – Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)

ü  2013 Winner – Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

ü  2014 Winner – Katherine Brunt (England)

ü  2015 Winner – Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)

ü  2016 Winner – Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

ü  2017 Winner – Anya Shrubsole (England)

ü  2018 Winner – Kane Williamson (New Zealand)

ü  2019 Winner – Virat Kohli (India)

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Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was first celebrated in 1972, designated by Congress in 1973, and is proclaimed each year by the United States President.

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Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom as part of a politically risky deal that saw President Joe Biden agree to the release of nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian assets owed by a third country, South Korea.