1. Bermuda wins its first-ever Olympic gold after nearly 100 years of trying
And Bermuda’s population is less than 65,000! I always love seeing small countries win gold. She’s gonna be popular as hell in Bermuda for the rest of her life.
Also…
2. Shooting-Tears of joy as San Marino becomes smallest Olympic medal-winning nation
“Suck it Monaco”. -San Marino probably
“Alessandra Perilli clinched bronze in the women’s trap shooting, becoming the first person to win an Olympic medal for the microstate of around 34,000 inhabitants.”
3. Walmart to pay for 100% of college tuition, books for employees
“Walmart announced Tuesday that it will pay for 100% of college tuition and books for employees through its Live Better U education program.”
4. Australia to return 14 artworks of disputed provenance to India
“The National Gallery of Australia is to return 14 works of art to India that are suspected of having been stolen, looted or exported illegally.”
“Martha Tucker, 94, tries on a wedding gown for the first time. Tucker always dreamed of wearing a traditional wedding gown, but when she got married in 1952, she was barred from entering bridal shops due to racial segregation.”
Such an awesome moment from such a dark chapter of American history. People really don't talk enough about the many daily cuts like this that honest decent black Americans had to put up with. We take so many simple things like shopping for a dress for granted that not that long ago were out of reach.
"The Energy Information Administration, the primary authority in the federal government on energy numbers, concludes that renewables, primarily hydro, wind and solar, rose to become 21% of electricity generation in the U.S. in 2020."
"Scientists working to bring back the functionally extinct northern white rhino announced they had successfully created three additional embryos of the subspecies, bringing the total to 12."
Until next week :)
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