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Hey there. I usually edit pages related to films, games and books.
In the News
- The New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly in the French legislative election but does not achieve a majority.
- The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer (pictured) becomes prime minister.
- Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a calendar year, leaves at least 15 people dead in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States.
- In the Netherlands, a new cabinet is sworn in, with Dick Schoof serving as the prime minister.
Did You Know...
- ... that Dreamtime (pictured) is one of the world's most famous bouldering routes?
- ... that Jopie and Teun Roosenburg led an art colony at Oost Castle that helped Jewish refugees escape the Nazi-occupied Netherlands to Belgium?
- ... that Flyover, a 2023 science fiction novel by an American author, portraying a dystopian future where part of the US becomes a theocracy, was published in French but not in English?
- ... that Anna Russell Cole, a significant benefactor of Vanderbilt University, donated $10,000 in 1926 to endow the office of dean of women?
- ... that in The Servile State, Hilaire Belloc criticized socialism for being too similar to capitalism?
- ... that the 2024 Doctor Who episode "Dot and Bubble" was first conceptualized in 2009?
- ... that rapper Gmac Cash attempted to gift a pair of Cartier glasses to Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan?
- ... that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers players wore white uniforms during a snowy NFL game, which made them extremely difficult for their quarterback to see?
- ... that barbarians would have bought cake, not pie, at Barbara's Rhubarb Bar?