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Fact of the day 10 November 2026
Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of aluminium to Hans Christian Ørsted and Humphry Davy, in 1825.
Discoveries & inventions Source: Wikipedia: Aluminium (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q663 (CC0)
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Wikidata credits the discovery or invention of SARS-CoV-2 to Zhang Jixian, in 2019.
Discoveries & inventions Source: Wikipedia: SARS-CoV-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data: Wikidata Q82069695 (CC0)