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Fascinating things

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John Cazale (Fredo) - goes first
James Caan (Sonny) - second
Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen) - third
Al Pacino (Michael) - last

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The final flashback scene of The Godfather Part II (1974) shows a family dinner in 1941, during which the brothers one by one leave the table, leaving Michael Corleone completely alone.

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My experience with Waymo was unforgettable!

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Birds of the nations

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In 1870, the renowned German publisher Emil Hänssler in Stuttgart published a natural history atlas for students and families, titled "Kingdom of Animals." This book showcases the wonders of the animal world through chromolithographs.

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Cry wolf - time to worry!

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The black garden ant, Lasius niger, seems surprisingly unpretentious. It lives underfoot, builds nests in lawns, sidewalk cracks, and tree roots, and is at home in both rural areas and the city center.

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Kiss of water

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It turns out the original WD-40 formula is so secret that even the company's CEO waited more than 30 years to see it.

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The greatest inventors of the world.

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The bubbles in the image are part of an air pocket which covers and protects the springtails, which are named after the jumping organ which can catapult them into the air if threatened.

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Fallen leaves and sticks are full of nutrients; insects and springtails help to redistribute this goodness. The springtails often measure less than 1mm in length, but chew organic waste into tiny fragments that bacteria release for the benefit of new plants.

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The discovery of the planet Uranus took place on March 13, 1781 by astronomer William Herschel.
Antarctica was discovered by expeditions in 1820.

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@Rainmaker1973 The crane.

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Know your Connochaetes

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Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko - Barely 2.5 to 3.5 inches long, this tiny gecko carries an entire world of illusion in its delicate body. With a tail shaped like a dried leaf, textured skin, and those striking, fiery red eyes, it disappears into the forest floor of Madagascar.

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Time seems to stand still, with life frozen in amber for millions of years.

These creatures come from the dinosaur era (and even earlier) — but they have hardly changed noticeably for tens of millions of years, and scientists call them "living fossils."

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Hidden wonders: The larvae of some longhorn mosquito species glow like stars in the sky in dark caves to attract prey.

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A massive elliptical galaxy has distorted the light of a distant blue galaxy so much that it has turned into a nearly perfect ring—an Einstein ring.

LRG 3-757, first spotted in 2007 and later imaged by Hubble, may harbor a massive black hole with a mass of about 36 billion suns.