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Alligator Muja, Who Recently Celebrated Its 85th Birthday At The Belgrade Zoo, Is Said To Be The World’s Oldest Alligator. Muja Is So Old For An Aligator, Whose Lifespan Is Between 30-50 Years, That It Survived 3 Bombings– The World War II 1941, 1944 And The NATO 1999 Bombings. The Oldest Alligator, Until Muja, Saturn, Died In Russia In 2020.

The World’s First Electric Wingsuit Has Been Developed Via Collaboration Of BMW, Design Works, And Peter Salzmann. The Suit, Comprising 2 Encased 15 KW Powered Carbon Propellers, Enables More Speed Than Conventional Suits. The Wearer Can Reach Speeds Of 300KM/H. The Suit Helps Maintain A Constant Glide, Enabling Further Travel Distance.

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Fossils Of A New Species Of Ancient Giant Rhino, Suggested To Have Roamed Btw NW China And India-Pakistan, Was Discovered In NW China. The Hornless Rhino, Paraceratherium Linxiaense, The Size of 4 Large African Elephants, Is Said To Be The Largest Land Mammal On Earth. With Head That Could Reach 7m, Making It Taller Than A Giraffe.

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The World’s Third Largest Diamond May Have Been Discovered In Botswana. The Diamond, Which Is 1,098 Carat, Measures 73mm Long, 52mm Wide, And 27mm Thick. The Diamond Is Smaller Than The 3,106 Carat Cullinan Stone Diamond Discovered In South Africa In 1905 And The 1,109 Carat Lesedi La Rona Diamond Found In Botswana in 2015.

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The World’s Smallest Dinosaur, Thought To Be A Bird, May Be, With Skepticism In Some Quarters, A Lizard. Researchers Are Indicating This Upon Further Review Of The Fossil’s Attributes And Those of Another Discovered Oculudentavis Fossil. Bird-Like Attributes, Like Long And Tapering Snout And Vaulted Skull Roof, Led To The Confusion.

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A New Study, Based On Sleep Data From 85,000 Participants And Self Reported Data, Has Found A Link Btw Misaligned Sleep Cycle And Depressions/Anxiety. For Example, Night Folks Are More Likely To Be Depressed/Anxious When Working In The Morning, Relative To Morning Folks, Who Are Also More Exposed To Sunlight, Which’s Great For Depression.

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Researchers Discovered That Mouse Sperm, Freeze-Dried And Exposed To A High Level Of Cosmic Radiation For ~6 Years At The International Space Station, Can Still Successfully Birth Healthy Normal Pups That Are Free Of Genetic Defects. This Discovery Is Important As We Plan Future Long Term Space Exploration And Colonization Missions.

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MIT Engineers May Have Discovered A New Method Of Generating Electricity. The Method Works Via The Interaction Of Carbon With Its Surrounding Fluid, An Organic Solvent, Which Draws Electrons Out Of Carbon Particles, Thereby Generating Electricity. The Electricity Is Said To Be Sufficient For Chemical Reactions Or To Power Nanoscale Robots.

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A Questionable Analysis, Based On 7 Cancer Studies Published Between 1966 And 2020, Seem To Indicate That Eating 2 Medium-Sized Mushrooms Daily Could Reduce The Risk Of Cancer By 45%. But Researchers Don’t Yet Know The Working Mechanism, The Specific Cancers Impacted, And If Other Factors, Like Diet And Physical Activities, Are Involved.

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Researchers May Have Discovered, In 2007, A New Dinosaur Species, Said To Be The Largest Dinosaur Ever Found In Australia. The Dinosaur, Called Australotitan Cooperensis Or “The Southern Titan,” Is 6.5m Tall And As Long As A basketball Court. Australotitan, Closely Related To 3 Sauropod Species, Is One Of The World’s 15 Largest Dinosaurs.

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