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The Gaboon Viper (Bitis Gabonica) Is The Heaviest Venomous But Placid-Natured African Snake, And The Largest Member Of The Bitis Genus Of Vipers. The Snake Is Said To Hold The World’s Record For Having The Longest Fangs (~5cm), Which Can Inject ~2 Grams Of Venom Per Bite, The Largest Yield Of All Venomous Snakes.

This Chunky Snake…

A Gaming Company, Raze, May Have Innovated What It Is Calling The World’s Smartest N95 Face Mask. The Transparent Mask Is Said To Come With, E.G., A Voice Amplifier To Improve Speech; An Active Ventilation For Exhaling Warm Air And Inhaling Cool Air; And A Light Mode That Lits Up In Dark Environment To Show One’s Mouth And Expression.

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Scientists, By “Reverse Aging” A 30 Ft Long 46-Year-Old Megalodon Fossil (MF), Have Deduced That Baby Megalodons Were More Than 6.5 Ft Long, And That The Babies, Like Modern Sharks, May Have Cannibalized Each Other In the Womb To Reach Such A Size. The MF, Which Existed 15 Millon Yrs Ago, Was Tugged From Rocks In Belgium In The 1860s.

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South Korea’s Population Falls For The First Time In History. South Korea, With The World’s Lowest Birth Rate, Is Alarmed As, In 2020, It Recorded More Deaths ( ~307,764 People) Than Births ( ~275,815 Babies Were Born). The Decline Is Attributed To The Poor Balance, For Women, Btw Work And Life, And The High Cost Of Raising A Family.

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Sesame Street Has Added Two New Puppets, Noor And Aziz, To Feature In A Series Of Educational Videos That Will Deliver Early Years Of Education To Rohingya Children Living In The Worlds Largest Refugee Camp, Bangladesh‘s Cox’s Bazar. Noor And Aziz, Six-Year-Old Twins, Are Adapted To Be The First Media Characters To Look And Sound Like Rohingya Kids.

The US FDA Has Approved The First Non-Prescription, Over-The-Counter, Use At-Home Rapid Coronavirus Test. The Test, Developed By The Company Ellume, Would Allow Users To Get Their Results Via An App In <20mins. Ellume Is Working On Enhancing A Function To Let Users Share Their Results With Local Health Authorities And Their Doctors.

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Japan Has One Of The Lowest Birth Rates In The World, With The Year 2019 Numbers Falling Below 865,000–A Record Low. And Because Of This, Japan Plans to Fund Artificial Intelligence To Help Residents Find Love. Hopefully, This Helps With The Projected Decline In Population From 128 Million In 2017 To 53 Million By Century End.

Japa…

With The Rising Cases Of Coronavirus, Some States Have Created A Coronavirus Notification App That Can Send Alerts, Via Bluetooth, When A Person Is Close To Someone Infected. Now, Unless One Is Masked-Up, The App Only Informs You After Exposure. But, At Least, You Now Know To Take Precautions To Avoid Infecting Others. Ingenious!

Coro…

The Trail Blazing Continues For President-Elect Joe Biden. He Has Appointed The First Woman, Janet Yellen, To Head The Treasury Department. Nominated The First Latino And Immigrant, Alejandro Mayorkas, To Head The Homeland Security Dept., And Also Tapped Avril Haines, Which Could Make Her The First Female Director Of National Intelligence.

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The US FDA Has Approved The First Coronavirus Prescription Home Test Kit That Gives Result In A Little As 30 Minutes. The Kit, Lucira, Developed By Lucira Health, Is Said To Be Suitable For Folks Who Are At Least 14 Years Of Age. But Health Care Providers Must Collect Their Test Samples To Report Results To Health Authorities.

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