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USA's Simone Manuel made history by becoming the first black woman to ever win an individual swimming event after tying which swimmer for gold in the women’s 100-meter freestyle?

Manuel, 20, [won the women’s 100-meter freestyle](https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinchirico/the-moment-simone-manuel-realized-shed-won-gold-is-absolute?utm_term=.lyJOv5mEd3#.ni14zg8Nyk), tying with Canada’s Penny Oleksiak for the gold medal with a time of 52.70. The time was an Olympic record.

It's Canada’s Penny Oleksiak.

Rio Olympics

Donald Trump said “Second Amendment people” might stop Hillary Clinton from doing what if she is elected?

“If she gets to pick her judges, there’s nothing you can do, folks. Although the [Second Amendment people](https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/second-amendment-folks?utm_campaign=News+-+0810+Wednesday&utm_content=News+-+0810+Wednesday+CID_daf957d1cd6f8bbd9a4cde443b1cb20e&utm_medium=email&utm_source=BuzzFeed+Newsletters&utm_term=.bt4kqr2Lym#.uf6L745wjA), maybe there is, I don’t know. But I’ll tell you what, that will be a horrible day,” Trump said. He also said [President Obama “founded ISIS."](https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/trump-cites-iraq-withdrawal-he-passionately-supported-to-say?utm_term=.xcAeo5xdMp#.fnMjpdLvZy)

It’s naming justices to the US Supreme Court.

US Election

Which US police department has routinely violated people's civil rights, according to a report released Wednesday by the Justice Department?

The Baltimore Police Department [routinely violated](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/doj-report-baltimore-pd?utm_term=.arXw0BL4JZ#.dbYgVPd0Ek) people’s civil rights, illegally arrested residents, and used excessive force. The investigation found that the department’s discriminatory practices overwhelmingly targeted Baltimore’s black residents.

It's Baltimore.

3\. Civil Rights

Documents leaked to _Guardian Australia_ paint a grim picture of life inside Australia’s detention centers on Nauru Island, including what?

The 2000 incident reports, which span 2013 to 2015, are the [largest cache of documents](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/leaked-documents-reveal-extent-of-child-abuse-in-australias?utm_term=.fbN28yReQp#.yvgJzB5wqb) to be leaked from inside Australia’s secretive asylum-seeker detention regime.

It's all of the above.

4\. The Nauru Files

Anti-Trump Republican Evan McMullin is launching an independent presidential bid. What’s his background?

McMullin is an [unlikely candidate](https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/anti-trump-republican-launching-independent-presidential-bid
) and has never held elective office.

It’s he’s a CIA veteran and chief policy director of the House Republican Conference.

5\. Anti-Trump

How many people have been infected by Zika in Florida?

More people in Miami have contracted the Zika virus after being [bitten by infected mosquitoes](https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/florida-zika-to-21?utm_term=.mdJrjdw3ko#.gt2QeY6vZW) since the DOH confirmed the first local cases of Zika in late July, but so far it's been confined to Miami-Dade County.

6\. Zika in Florida

A 19-year-old man scaled the Trump Tower in Manhattan using what?

NYPD officers removed the windows above [Stephen Rogata on the 21st floor of the 68-story building](https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/man-scales-trump-tower?utm_term=.atpEO6e1Nx#.xslmR5lAZn) and snatched him off the suction cups, hours after he began climbing the building. The Virginia teen was arrested and charged with criminal trespass and reckless endangerment.

It's suction cups.

7\. Trump Tower Climber

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, in Erdogan’s first trip outside his country since an aborted coup attempt in July. The two leaders ate off plates with what on them?

The plate [was decorated](https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/talk-about-your-turkey-dinner-plates-amirite?utm_t=&utm_term=.mv82zdRxyw#.goVZ3pBkM2) with a photo of Putin and Erdogan shaking hands.

It's their faces.

8\. Turkey-Russia relations

Michael Phelps made this iconic face while watching which one of his rivals pump himself up before they faced off in Monday's 200-meter butterfly semifinal?

Phelps made [the gold-medal face](https://www.buzzfeed.com/samstryker/michael-phelps-clab-back?utm_term=.vk5PoeL7Wy#.yokz2kYlV6) while waiting to swim against South African archrival Chad Le Clos, who was shadowboxing in front of him. Phelps ended up winning gold and Le Clos didn't even medal in the event.

It's South African swimmer Chad Le Clos.

9\. #PhelpsFace

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