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110-MILLION-YEAR-OLD DINOSAUR VERY WELL PRESERVED, DISCOVERED ACCIDENTALLY BY MINERS IN CANADA

Some years ago, in Western Canada, a mining work led to one of the world's most significant discoveries in recent memory. A group of miners accidentally stumbled upon what is possibly the most intact dinosaur carcass science has ever seen. The nodosaur, a herbivore that was 18 feet long and approximately 3,000 pounds, was found in 2011 by the team working 17 miles north of Alberta, Canada on a mining project. This is a fascinating find since the dinosaur fossils are so well preserved; from them, we may learn a great deal about the dinosaur's life and death. The Archaeologist

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SMELL LIKE ELON'S MUSK

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TWITTER HAS RELEASED A BUNCH OF SPIN ABOUT ITS ONGOING ELON MUSK-LED GARBAGE FIRE

Elon Musk's tenure as Twitter's owner, CEO, and executioner has been a rough one, plagued with problems entirely of his own making … As such, Twitter published a blog post on Wednesday saying that everything is actually absolutely fine over there, and there's no need to worry. This included a list of assurances seemingly intended to assuage both users' and advertisers' concerns. Of course, none of the company's claims are actually reassuring to anyone who's paid even the slightest bit of attention to Musk's Twitter takeover. Mashable

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GET COMFY WITH BOMBAS

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THE COLD MOON: YOU NEED TO SEE THE LAST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR THIS WEEK

The last full moon of the year is upon us, and you can get a remarkable view of it, but you might want to bundle up first. December's Full Moon is called the Cold Moon in a nod to the winter season taking over much of the United States. The Moon may be called a different name, however, depending on where you live and the culture you belong to… Inverse

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LEVEL UP WITH BULLETPROOF

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GOOGLE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH ROBOTS IN REAL TIME

Google says they have made a significant advance in allowing humans to communicate with robots using natural language, and claim an "order of magnitude" increase in capabilities over previous approaches. Google Research

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