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    The world’s leggiest animal has been discovered in Australia

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    · Dec 23, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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    Straight out of science fiction: Scientists have discovered a planet in a triple-star system

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    We observed chimps copying humans at the zoo – and won an Ig Nobel

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