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France Will Ban Plastic Wrapping For Almost All Fruits And Vegetables, From Jan. 2022, To Reduce Plastic Wastes And Their Impact On Climate And The Environment. The Measure Is Expected To Prevent The Use Of >One Billion Plastic Packaging Items Per Year. France Previously Banned Plastic Straws, Cups, Cutlery, And Styrofoam Takeaway Boxes.

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A Unique Fossilized Ankylosaur, An Armored Spikey Dinosaur, Was Discovered For The First Time In Africa, In Morocco. The Ankylosaur, Called Spicomellus, Is Probably One Of The Earlier (~168 Myrs Ago) Ankylosaurs To Walk On Earth. Ankylosaurs Are Well-Known From Northern Continents, I.E., N. America And Asia. Unlike The Southern Continents.

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The Largest Floating Office In The World, A 3,700 Sq M Building, Has Been Built In Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Building, Said To Be Self-Sufficient And Climate Neutral, Is Built Of Wood, Reusable And Recyclable Materials. The Building Is Headquater To The Global Center On Adaptation (GCA), An International ThinkTank On Climate Issues.

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Researchers Have Discovered Footprints In New Mexico That Mostly Belong To Children And Teenagers Who Lived Btw 21,000- 23,000 Years Ago. The Footprints Are The Oldest Evidence Denoting That Humans Reached The Americas ~7000 Years Earlier Than The 16,000 Years Originally Thought. This Discovery May Indicate An Unknown Great Human Migration.

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Betty Soskin, Who Turned 100 Years, Is Now The Oldest National Park Ranger In USA. Soskin, Born In Detroit On Sept. 22, 1921, Is Currently A Park Ranger At Rosie The Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park In Richmond, California. Soskin Has Had A School Named After Her And Has Also Received A Presidential Commemorative Coin.

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Umeno Sumiyama And Koume Kodama, Two Japanese Twin Sisters, Were Certified As The World’s Oldest Living Identical Twins By The Guinness World Records. The Twins, Born On 11/5/1913 On Shodoshima Island, Are Said To Be Over 107 Years And 300 days Old. The Previous Record Holders, Kin And Gin, From Japan, Were 107 Years And 175 Days.

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Speculations Abound That The Biblical Destruction Of Sodom May Be An Eye-Witness Account Of The 2nd Oldest Destruction Of A Human Settlement, After Abu Hureyra In Syria ~12,800 Yrs Ago, By Meteorite Impact. This Speculation Is Based On Evidence From Tall el-Hammam (Sodom) That’s Similar To Those Found At Tunguska And Chicxulub Crater Sites.

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The Volcanic Eruption, Near Reykjavik, Will Be Iceland Longest In 50 Yrs. The Lava Began Spilling On 3/19/2021, For ~6 Mths, From A Fissure Close To Mount Fagradalsfjall. However, The 143 MCUM Lava Spew, Is Smaller Than Iceland Biggest Lava Flow, In 230 Yrs, From The Shorter-Lived Holuhraun Eruption. Iceland Longest Eruption Lasted 4 Yrs.

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The Snakehead Fish, Native to Southern Siberia, China, And North Korea, Has Evolved To Walk On Land By Moving Their Head And Back Fin In Opposite Direction. The Fish Is Said To Breath With Its Gill Under Water And Via The Mouth On Land. Snakehead Fish Is Also Said To Be Able To Survive Up To 4 Days On Land. Cool!

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Mars Perseverance Rover Team, Based On Preliminary Analysis Of The Rock Samples Recently Collected, May Have Identified Salt Minerals In The Rock Samples. And The Salt Minerals, Is Said, Could Have Trapped Ancient Martian Water Bubbles, Which Could Act As A Time Capsule, Offering Clues On The Ancient Habitability And Past Climate On Mars.

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