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AGE of Kautilya Kataria of the United Kingdom when he recently became the world’s youngest computer programmer after passing an exam in Python, a programming language.
Source: Guinness World Records
$2.1 million
Courtesy of Neil Armstrong/Christie’s (Aldrin); Courtesy of Buzz Aldrin/Christie’s (Armstrong)
PRICE at auction for 2,400 rare NASA photos. Sold in November, the collection includes images of Neil Armstrong on the moon and a Buzz Aldrin selfie in space.
Source: CNN
16
NUMBER of words the Oxford English Dictionary chose as words of the year for 2020, including “coronavirus,” “lockdown,” and “mail-in.”
Source: Oxford Languages 2020
148 ft.
DEPTH of the deepest swimming pool in the world, which recently opened in Poland. It features underwater caves and shipwreck re-creations so divers can train in it.