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Did you know is a section taking interesting facts from articles that meet DYK requirements. To list a new fact, make a suggestion on the talk page.

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles: ... that in 2017, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley (pictured) became the first Indian American to serve in a presidential cabinet? ... that the first life on Earth appeared 3.6 billion years ago in the Archaean era? ... that Lidia Gueiler, the first female President of Bolivia, was removed from office by her cousin Luis García Meza in 1980? ... that the main economic activity on Nauru since 1907 has been the export of phosphate mined from the island? ... that in January 2024, Kenneth Eugene Smith became the first person in the world to be executed by inert gas asphyxiation? ... that the movie industry made nearly $9 billion to the New York City economy as of 2015?

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