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Recent Did you know? items
* ... that Bengisu Avcı had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the Kaiwi Channel after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in?
* ... that '''[[Bengisu Avcı]]''' had to abandon her 45-kilometre (28-mile) swim across the [[Channels of the Hawaiian Islands#Kaiwi Channel|Kaiwi Channel]] after being stung by jellyfish twelve hours in?
* ... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when '''[[Cocoa production in São Tomé and Príncipe|it was the world's top exporter of cocoa]]'''?
* ... that a law was signed so that '''[[Solomon Islands at the 2020 Summer Olympics|the Solomon Islands delegation]]''' could return home from the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]?
* ... that [[Barren Island (Andaman Islands)|Barren Island]], located in the '''[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]''', is the only active volcano in India?
* ... that [[CBS]] executive [[Laurence Tisch]] found out on a tennis court in the [[United States Virgin Islands|U.S. Virgin Islands]] that rival network [[NBC]] had '''[[1989 South Florida television affiliation switch|bought his company's affiliate station in Miami]]'''?
:[[New Zealand]] rejects the [[Cook Islands]]' proposal to establish its own passports and citizenship but expresses willingness to discuss [[Political status of the Cook Islands and Niue|independence]] if initiated by [[Cook Islanders]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealand-rejects-cook-islands-passport-plan-2024-12-23/ (Reuters)]
Australia agrees to provide Solomon Islands with financing, training, and infrastructure support worth AU$190 million (US$118 million) over four years to strengthen its police force as part of a renewed security partnership between the two countries. (France 24)
:[[Australia]] agrees to provide [[Solomon Islands]] with financing, training, and infrastructure support worth [[Australian dollar|AU$]]190 million ([[United States dollar|US$]]118 million) over four years to strengthen its [[Royal Solomon Islands Police Force|police force]] as part of a renewed security partnership between the two countries. [https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241220-australia-agrees-deal-to-finance-train-solomons-police (France 24)]
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