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The House Representative Democrats Passed A Bill On Friday, 6/26/2020, To Make Washington, D.C. The 51st U.S. State. Washington, D.C Pays More Federal Taxes Than 22 States And Has A Population Of ~700,000 People, Which Is Larger Than Wyoming Or Vermont. The Bill, However, Is Seen By Some To Be Dead On Arrival In The Republican-Held Senate.

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The Largest Ancient Monument, In Britain, Was Discovered Near Stonehenge Using Geophysical Remote Sensing Technology And Sampling. The Structure, A 20 Ring Shaft, Is Suggested To Have Been Excavated By Neolithic People More Than 4,500 Years Ago. The Monument Is A 2km Circle Of Large Shafts Measuring More Than 10m In Diameter And 5m Deep.

Researchers Have Discovered, In Antarctica, A Fossilized Dinosaur Soft-Shelled Egg That They Call “The Thing.” The Thing Is The Largest Soft-Shelled Egg, And The Second Biggest Animal Egg (After Eggs From The Extinct Elephant Bird) Ever Discovered. Researchers Are Of The Opinion That A Giant Marine Reptile, The Mosasaur, Laid The Egg.

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The First Dog To Test Positive For The Coronavirus In The USA Is A Pet German Shepherd In New York. This Contradicts The Earlier Report That A North Carolina Pug Was The First To Contract The Virus after Officials From The United States Department Of Agriculture Later Confirmed That They Were Unable To Verify Infection In Winston The Pug.

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Researchers May Have Discovered, In A Sedimentary Rock Called The Wulongqing Formation In Yunnan, China, The Oldest Parasite Stuck To Its Host Some 510 Million Years Ago. The Tube-like Shaped Parasites, Called Neobolus Wulongqingensis, Are Said To Have Exhibited kleptoparasitism, Where They Steal Food From The Host Brachiopods, A Filter Feeder.

The UK Has COVID-19 Death Rate Of 891 People Per Million, Making It The Highest Death Rate In The World. Moreover, The Total Number Of Deaths In The UK Is Second Only To The US, Where The Death Toll Has Surpassed 100,000. The Financial Times Analysis Has Attributed This To The Late Lock Down Of Countries At Late Stage Of The Pandemic.

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A New Study Shows That, Obviously, New And Diverse Changes To One’s Physical Or Mental Routine Can Lead To Enhanced Happiness. Some Of These Diverse Activities Could Range From Traveling To New Places To Simple Things, One Can Do During The Lock-Down, Like Going For Walks, Exercising, Taking Different Routes To Places, And Etc.

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The First Human Trial, On 45 People, By The US Biotech Firm Moderna, Is Indicating Positive Results, As Their COVID-19 Vaccine Triggered An Immune Response In People And Protected Mice From Lung Infections With The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The Company Plans To Press On With Further Trials With 600 People Shortly. Cool!

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Researchers At The North Carolina State University Have Developed The World’s Fastest Soft Robot Both On Land And In Water. The Design Of The Robot, Called LEAP, Is Inspired By The Cheetah, The Fastest Animal On Land. LEAP Can Run At Speeds Of 2.7 Body Lengths Per Second Making It 3 Times Faster Than Previous Fastest Robots.

Another COVID-19 Inspired Innovation. This Time, A Chinese Startup, Rokid, Has Developed Wearable Glasses, T1 Glasses, Equipped With Infrared Sensor And Camera, Which Allows Wearers To “See” Peoples’ Temperatures. The Company Plans To Upgrade The Glass To Take Multiple Temperature Measurements Simultaneously In Busy Locations Like Malls.

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