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Contrary to widespread assumptions, the largest shark that ever lived – the megatooth shark Otodus megalodon – was an ...

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Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

While Earth's slowdown is not noticeable on human timescales, it's enough to work significant changes over eons. One of those ...