People
First man in space; he was Russian.
Yuri Gagarin
A volcano is currently erupting on this Caribbean island.
St. Vincent
This animal broke a window into a house in Connecticut and ended up trashing the place.
Turkey
This German goldsmith and inventor is credited with inventing the moveable type printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg
According to scientists, 2020 was not the worst year to be alive; it was in fact:
536 AD
Pres. Biden just nominated Christine Wormuth to be Secretary of the Army. What is unique about this?
She would be the first female to serve as Secretary of the Army.
This country has decided to release tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean despite concerns from the international community.
Japan
A man in California has been sentenced to 3 months in federal prison for shooting one of these as it slept on a beach.
Seal/Elephant seal
The name of one of the two US space shuttles that have crashed/exploded.
Challenger or Columbia
This month is Ramadan; what religion celebrates this holiday?
Islam/Muslims
This person found guilty of embezzling billions of dollars just died in prison.
Bernie Madoff
There is a large amount of tension right now between the People's Republic of China and this island country.
Taiwan
What is unique about the epaulette shark?
It can walk on land.
Largely because of our growing reliance on computers and the internet to conduct business, the number of instances of this crime is increasing:
Ransomware attacks
A man in Illinois trying to do some sidewalk repairs found this under his property.
18th century tunnel.
This YouTuber has a boxing match scheduled with Ben Askren this weekend, and says he wants to fight Conor McGregor later.
Jake Paul
The site of a 1986 nuclear meltdown in Russia:
Chernobyl
What two animals are cross breeding to create "Pizzlies"?
Polar and grizzly bears
This company is introducing a program in which they will take "slightly used" or factory defect products and sell them at a reduced price in some of their stores in an attempt to reduce waste.
Nike
Owners of the ship EverGiven are being charged this amount of $$ for repairs to the Suez Canal and damages caused by the delay in cargo delivery because of its accident.
$900 million
This Russian activist and Putin critic is currently on a hunger strike while in jail.
Alex Navalny
Archeologists found a 3000 year old city in this African country.
Egypt
India's flag has 4 of these animals on it.
Lions
According to scientists, approximately how many T. Rex dinosaurs were in North America at any given time?
20,000
Action Comics #1, which was the first time Superman appeared in a comic book, recently sold at auction for:
$3.25 million