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• Scientist: Edward Jenner
  • Discovery Year: 1796
  • Vaccine Type: Smallpox
  • Significance: First ever successful preventive vaccine
  • Extra Fact: Smallpox was declared eradicated in 1980 by WHO

Additional information:

• Edward Jenner is often called the “Father of Immunology.”

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• Purpose of AI: Protection of Human Rights
• Founded: 1961
• Founder: Peter Benenson
• Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
• Type: Non-governmental organization (NGO)
• Nobel Peace Prize 1977: "for worldwide respect for human rights."

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• Year of nuclear test: 1974
  • Test name: Smiling Buddha
  • Date: 18 May 1974
  • Test site: Pokhran, Rajasthan
  • Country: India

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• Winner: Abdulrazak Gurnah
  • Award: Nobel Prize in Literature 2021
  • Presented by: The Swedish Academy
  • Recognition: For “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee.”

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• Author: Ayesha Jalal
  • Publication Date: 18 April 1985
  • Topic: Muslim League, Pakistan movement, and leadership politics
  • Language: English

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• Founder: Mark Zuckerberg
• Founded in: February 4, 2004
• Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, USA
• Users (2023): Over 3 billion monthly active users
• Parent Company: Meta Platforms Inc.

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1.  Brunei
2.  Cambodia
3.  Indonesia
4.  Laos
5.  Malaysia
6.  Myanmar
7.  Philippines
8.  Singapore
9.  Thailand
10.  Vietnam
11. Timor Leste

• Founded: 8 August 1967
• Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
• Official language: No single official language (English commonly used)
• Purpose: Promote economic, cultural, and political cooperation in Southeast Asia.

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1. Afghanistan
2. Bangladesh
3. Bhutan
4. India
5. Nepal
6. Maldives
7. Pakistan
8. Sri Lanka

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• Winner: India
• Runner-up: West Indies
• Final Score: India 183/8 (54.4 overs) vs West Indies 140 (52 overs)
• Captain: Kapil Dev
• Venue: Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

Additional information:

• West Indies had won the first two World Cups (1975 & 1979)

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• Pascal’s calculator was called the Pascaline.
• John Mauchly co-invented the ENIAC (first electronic computer) much later.
• Harvard Aliken is unrelated to the first calculator.