#2021Recap: Offbeat News

• Laurel Hubbard became the first transgender athlete to compete in Olympics in Tokyo 2020.

• Jeff Bezos took a trip along with three others in Blue Origin’s first flight to space with passengers onboard.

• Sir Richard Branson entered the space race and succeeded in reaching the edge of space on his Virgin Galactic rocket plane.

• New Van Gogh art, which was owned by a Dutch collector, was discovered.

• Banksy’s half-shredded artwork was auctioned again and resold for $25 million.

• World’s first asteroid deflector was launched by NASA.

• The world’s most advanced humanoid was unveiled in a British lab.

• New Zealand banned smoking for people currently 14-years old or younger.

• Japanese professor developed ‘tele-taste’ TV screen.

• Chile elected the youngest president in the country’s history.