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Quiz: Did These Things Actually Happen In 2018?

Some argue that [a distant relative of Queen Charlotte's](http://time.com/5279784/prince-harry-meghan-markle-first-black-mixed-race-royal/) actually makes her the first women of color to marry into the royal family, while others dispute this claim.

Meghan Markle became the first woman of color to join the royal family in modern history.

Uruguay was actually the [first nation in the world](https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/8/20/17938416/marijuana-legalization-world-uruguay-canada-netherlands) to legalize marijuana in 2013.

Canada became the first nation in the world to legalize marijuana.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in say the two nations have agreed to [completely denuclearize the Korean peninsula](https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-south-korea-agree-end-war-denuclearize/story?id=54774515).

North and South Korea formally agreed to end war.

The suit, meant to help her with blood-clotting issues, was [referenced by French Tennis Federation President Bernard Giudicelli](French%20Tennis%20Federation%20President%20Bernard%20Giudicelli) when discussing dress codes.

Serena Williams' custom catsuit tennis outfit was banned in France.

The [newly discovered organ](https://nyulangone.org/press-releases/researchers-find-new-organ-missed-by-gold-standard-methods-for-visualizing-anatomy-disease) is one of the largest in the body and has implications about everything from the ways cancer might spread to the effectiveness of acupuncture.

The interstitium is a new organ recently discovered by scientists.

2018 was a [fertile year](https://www.thisisinsider.com/how-many-grandkids-does-kris-jenner-have-2018-2) for the Jenner/Kardashian empire, with Khloe, Kylie and Kim all giving birth to baby girls.

The Jenner/Kardashian family added three new members to its family.

A series of [faked videos](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/are-bang-energy-drinks-flammable/) spread this rumor that's been proven untrue.

BANG energy drinks were found to be flammable.

While the picture is real, it's [actually a prank](https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/29/18037402/justin-bieber-burrito-yes-theory-prank-youtube). We all played ourselves.

Justin Bieber's weird burrito eating habits were exposed.

They [defeated](http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24600248/philadelphia-eagles-unveil-super-bowl-championship-banner) the New England Patriots 41-33.

The Philadelphia Eagles won their first Super Bowl ever.

This year, NASA's Voyager 2 became [the second man-made craft](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/voyager-2-spacecraft-enters-interstellar-space/) to reach interstellar space, but Voyager 1 was the first to make the journey in 2012.

For the first time in history, a man-made object reached interstellar space.

Crazy Rich Asians was the first major Hollywood studio film with an all-Asian cast, but American cinema had films like _The Joy Luck Club_ and _Better Luck Tomorrow_.

_Crazy Rich Asians_ was the first American movie to ever feature an all-Asian cast.

It's a [health-focused restaurant](https://ny.eater.com/2018/10/22/18001482/village-den-antoni-porowski-nyc-restaurant-review-queer-eye) in New York called "Village Den."

_Queer Eye_'s Antoni Porowski opened his own restaurant.

They got engaged in June and [announced their split](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/6508649/ariana-grande-engaged-pete-davidson-wedding-split/) in October.

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson's engagement lasted approximately 4 months.

A chemical that's added to a number of things, including McDonald's oil, might help produce more hair follicles for transplants [in a lab setting](https://futurism.com/mcdonalds-fries-hair-loss-baldness).

McDonald's fries were found to help promote hair growth.

Mason Ramsey signed a deal [with Atlantic Records](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/04/29/yodeling-kid-mason-ramsey-record-deal-stagecoach/563338002/) in April after going viral in March.

The Walmart Yodeling Kid got a record deal.

The company rebranded [to promote their line of burgers](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/07/09/ihop-changes-name-back-ihob/769310002/), but it was a temporary switch.

A confusing press release might have made it seem that way, but the truth it [a little more complicated](https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/15/17124312/nasa-twins-study-dna-scott-kelly-international-space-station).

The NASA Twin Study announced that space travel permanently alters DNA.

2018 didn't even happen for you.

You paid attention to the important stuff. Priorities, am I right?

You were super plugged in this year.

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