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Rodent bot fly (Cuterebra)

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Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

Gutzon Borglum. Presidents. Sculpture. National park. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.

9 Memorials and Monuments in the United States

Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling

Poker Hands Ranked

Aspirin pills.

7 Drugs that Changed the World

Aurochs. Bos primigenius. Skeleton. Extinct animal. Skeleton of an Aurochs, an extinct wild ox.

6 Animals We Ate Into Extinction

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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Horror at What's Found Moving Around in Yard: 'That Thing Is Huge' • May 8, 2025, 5:53 AM ET (Newsweek)

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Also Known As	botfly • Oestridae

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Rodent bot fly (Cuterebra)

Diagram showing diversity among dipterans

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wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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