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•  The Library of Congress is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
• It consists of three buildings
• Established April 24, 1800
• Founder: John Adams

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• Yoga originated in ancient India
• The term "yoga" first appeared in the Rig Veda

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Lionel Lukin was a British carriage builder and inventor of the lifeboat in 1785.

Henry Greathead, the first purpose-built, operational lifeboat, named Original, in 1790

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• SQL stands for Structured Query Language. 
•  It is defined as a high-level language used for non-procedural, set-oriented access to data

Last updated 15-03-2026

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• The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system
• Current usable satellites: 31 operational
• Minimum Requirement: 24, arranged in six orbital planes.
• Country/ies of origin: United States
• Operator: US Space Force (Mission Delta 31)
• First launch February 22, 1978
• Last launch January 28, 2026
• Total launches: 81

Last updated 15-03-2026

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• Total States: 50
• Federal District: Washington, D.C.
• 49th State: Alaska (1959)
• 50th State: Hawaii (1959)
• First State: Delaware (1787)

Last verified on 10-03-2026

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• The Three Gorges Dam is the world's largest power station
• Installed capacity (22,500 MW)
• Three Gorges Dam: hydroelectric gravity dam
• Location: Yangtze River, Central China
• River: Yangtze River (3rd longest in the world).
• Operation: Fully operational since 2012. 

Last updated on 09-03-2026

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• Pakistan joined the United Nations on September 30, 1947.
• The name was coined by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• Headquarters is located in New York, United States.
• Founded on October 24, 1945.
• It currently has 193 member states and 2 observer states.
• The official languages of the UN are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

1. 1952-1953
2. 1968-1969
3. 1976-1977
4. 1983-1984
5. 1993-1994
6. 2003-2004
7. 2012-2013

Last updated on 09-03-2026

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• New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets in the 2021 World Test Championship final
• Dates: 1 August 2019 – 23 June 2021
• Administrator: International Cricket Council
• Runners-up: India
• Participants: 9
• Matches: 61
• Most runs: Australia Marnus Labuschagne (1675)
• Most wickets: India Ravichandran Ashwin (71)

Last updated 20-02-2026