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[–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

First I'm hearing of it, but "everyone's talking about" it. Uh-huh...

ETA: to be clear, I'm just attacking the blatant clickbait title that attempts to manipulate potential readers into actually clicking due to FOMO. As a matter of principle, I refuse to reward such bullshit by giving them what they want. I often assume that if the subject were truly that special, then they wouldn't need to rely upon such tricks. If I'm wrong, then another less clickbaity source will also have the story.

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    Interesting. It strongly reminds me of the other one. Do they always look like this?

    Edit: Well, not always. Sometimes they also look like squares. Seems like the lack of gravity gives them much more interesting shapes than boring old spherical planets:

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    Summary:

    Why did T. rex have such tiny arms? Scientists now think it's because its giant head became the ultimate hunting tool. Across multiple di- nosaur groups, stronger skulls and crushing jaws evolved alongside shrinking forelimbs, especially in predators hunting enormous prey. In other words, once the bite became deadly enough, the arms may have stopped mattering.

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