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Vatican City's participation at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, held in Oran, Algeria, from 25 June to 6 July 2022, was as guests. It was the Vatican's first appearance in the Mediterranean Games, and its debut in any international multi-sport event. The Vatican's participation was the result of an agreement with the Italian National Olympic Committee in 2019 that formed Vatican Athletics, paving the way for possible participation in the Summer Olympics. An invitation from the organizers of the games in Oran followed the agreement with the Italians. The delegation consisted of one athlete, long-distance runner Sara Carnicelli, and two officials: Melchor Sánchez de Toca Alameda, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education; and Claudio Carmosino, coach and technical director of Vatican Athletics. Runner Simone Adamoli was supposed to participate but withdrew before the Games started. Carnicelli ran in the half marathon and unofficially placed ninth. (Full article...)
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On this day: June 24
- 474 – Western Roman emperor Glycerius, who was not recognized by his Eastern counterpart Leo I, was forced to abdicate.
- 1559 – The Book of Common Prayer, a major component of the Elizabethan religious settlement, was introduced as the liturgy of the Church of England through the Act of Uniformity 1558.
- 1932 – A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
- 1989 – Following the Tiananmen Square massacre, the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
- 2021 – A portion of a 12-story condominium building collapsed (aftermath pictured) in Surfside, Florida, killing 98 people and injuring 11 others.
- Edward de Vere (d. 1604)
- Kapiʻolani (d. 1899)
- Jasmin Moghbeli (b. 1983)
- Lionel Messi (b. 1987)
Knowledge about Earth
Facts and Figures
- Age of Earth: ~ 4.568 billion years
- World Population: 7.3 billion (July 2015)
- Continents: 7 (Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia)
- Mean Radius: 6371.0 km
- Axial Tilt: 23,44°
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Our Solar System
Our solar system consists of
1 star (Sun) and 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune).
- 1 AU (astronomical unit) is roughly the distance between Earth and the Sun (about 150 million kilometres).
- The space probe Voyager 1 was launched by the NASA in 1977 and is meanwhile (autumn 2015) about 133 AU away from Earth.
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Why you should extend your general knowledge:
There are many reasons why one should or wants to extend his knowledge.
First you should consider that "general knowledge" is knowledge which a group of humans - who belong together regional, temporal or otherwise - owns. Thus, it describes a basic understanding of specific categories of knowledge.
As the English philosopher Francis Bacon said before: "Wisdom is Power" [Bacon 1597].