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The World in 2021 the year the vaccines arrived

The Ever Given, the ship that blocked the Suez Canal, is 400 meters long. Stood on end it would be taller than the Eiffel Tower.

Life back then

Booking a vaccine appointment was the big news of the spring, and a paper vaccine card lived in a lot of wallets. Small investors piled into GameStop stock in January, and people paid real money for NFT pictures. Squid Game, a Korean drama, became Netflix's biggest hit ever and set off a run on green tracksuits. Stadiums slowly filled up again, and Facebook renamed itself Meta to chase something called the metaverse.

The year in 8 events

• 🏛️Jan 6 A mob storms the US Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the election.
• 🗳️Jan 20 Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president.
• 🚀Feb 18 NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars, carrying a small helicopter named Ingenuity.
• 🚢Mar 23 The giant ship Ever Given gets stuck in the Suez Canal and blocks world trade for six days.
• ⚽Jul 11 Italy beats England on penalties at Wembley to win the European football final, held a year late.
• 🏅Jul 23 The Tokyo Olympics open a year late, with almost no fans in the stands.
• 🪖Aug 15 The Taliban take Kabul as US forces leave Afghanistan.
• 🔭Dec 25 NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on Christmas morning.

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