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High Strangeness on the High Seas

Haunted Cosmos

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What Is This Basking Shark?

In 1808, a group of ancient people stumbled upon what they thought was a basking shark. The creature had no legs and didn't have glowing bristles or beak-like dorsal fin. Moderns can instantly find out anything from their phones so we live in an illusion of omniscience. 12 to 20 thousand new species are discovered every year on the planet. We don't know what that means when it comes.

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