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The US Gov. Has Launched A Couple Of Tools To Make It Easier To Find The Closest COVID-19 Vaccination Sites. One Of The Tools, An Improved Version Of VaccineFinder, Is Located On Vaccine.gov. The Other Tool Is A Zipcode Text Hotlines—GETVAX Or VACUNA (Spanish Speakers). 1-800 Hotline, In Dozens Of Languages, Is Still In The Pipeline.

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Researchers Have Discovered, In Callao Cave, Philippines, The Remains of 3 New Gigantic But Extinct Species Of Cloud Rats (GCR) Said To Be “Twice The Size Of Grey Squirrels.” Cloud Rats Are Nocturnal Animals That Exist Today In The Philippines Forests. And The Rats Live On TreeTops. Humans Are Speculated To Have Led To GCR Extinction.

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The Toaster-Sized Instrument, On The Perseverance Rover, Called MOXIE, After Warming Up For ~2 Hours, Produced 5.4 Grams Of Oxygen From The Thin 96% Carbon Dioxide Rich Martian Atmosphere. The Amount Of Oxygen Produced Could Sustain An Astronaut For ~10 Minutes. This MOXIE Will Aid The Design Of Future Generations Of MOXIE.

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US CDC Is Stating That Covid-19 Fully Vaccinated People Can Unmask At Small Outdoor Gatherings Like When Dining Outside With Friends From Multiple Households. But They Should Mask-Up In Large Indoor Gatherings Or Crowded Outdoor Events. Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Folks Are Advised To Wear Masks In Indoor Public Spaces, Like Malls.

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A Rare Bottle Of Whiskey, known As The Old Ingledew Whiskey, Originally Thought To Be From 1850, Was Carbon Dated To Be Most Likely Bottled Btw 1763-1803, Which Makes It, To The Best Of Known Knowledge, The Oldest Bottle Of Whiskey To Exist. The Whiskey Is Set To Be Auctioned For Btw US$20,000 And US$40,000 In June Of 2021.

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A Lone Male Duck, Known As A Common Pochard Was Spotted For The First Time In British Columbia. And There Is Speculation That This May Be The First Time That This Wild Bird Has Been Spotted In Canada. The Bird Is Said To Be Native To Europe And Asia And Usually Migrates South Of The 2 Continents For The Winter.

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A New Study, Based On The Computer Model Of A Fossilized T. Rex Tail, Is Indicating That T. Rex Likely Moved At A Speed Of ~3 Miles/Hour. Researchers Believe That This Speed, Comparable To The Walking Speed Of Humans, Was Adapted By T-Rex As It Would Require Minimal Energy. Another Study Did Estimate T. Rex Top Speed To ~12-18 Miles/Hour.

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The Remains Of A High-Status Roman Villa Was Uncovered In Britain, During An Excavation In Eastfield. The Layout Style Of The Structure, Which Could Be The First In The World, Has Never Been Seen In Britain And Probably In The Whole Of The Old Roman Empire. But Why Was This Villa Built At This Roman Outpost, And What Was It Use(s)?

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Researchers Successfully Made A Second Attempt At Producing Human-Monkey Chimeras, By Infusing Human Stem Cells Into 132 Embryos Of Long-Tailed Macaques. But The Embryos Were Then Terminated 19 Days After Injecting The Stem Cells. Chimeras May Be Unethical, But May Help In Drug Tests Or To Overcome Donor Organs/Tissues Shortages Globally.

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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter, On April 19, 2021, Made History By Becoming The First Aircraft To Make A Powered, Controlled Flight On Another Planet, And In This Case, Mars. The Image Of The Helicopter Was Captured By The Perseverance Rover, Parked About 211 feet Away, As Ingenuity Ascended To An Altitude Of 10 Feet, Then Hovered, Before Landing.