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It's the size of 3 Central Parks in New York, could be 8,650 years old – and glows in the dark. Forget the blue whale this beast is the world's biggest organism

The biggest fungus, née organism in the world, occupies an area of 3.7 square miles. That’s about the same size as two ...
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Megalodons went extinct millions of years ago. The prehistoric predator could become Maryland's official state shark

For nearly 20 million years, megalodons prowled the world’s oceans. The massive creatures, which could grow up to 80 feet ...
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The Overlooked Shellfish That Cleans the Ocean and Has a Surprising Secret

The Atlantic giant cockle is one of the largest mollusks in the ocean. Read here to learn about them and their large tongue.
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‘What is this thing?’: 50 times the internet solved the mystery of unidentified objects (all-time best)

Now has come the time for the best of the best, the cream of the crop – the very top “What Is This Thing?” posts of all time.
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It's 6 metres long, ugly with translucent skin and looks like a goblin with a witch’s nose and has the strangest jaw ever seen. Oh and it lives deep in the ocean too

This jaw-dropping shark is pink, nightmarishly ugly and can slingshot its jaw out of its face when it’s hungry ...