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Jun 28, 2021

Moon snails move smoothly beneath sandy beaches and seafloors by coating themselves in a friction-eliminating mucus.

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Ripley's has been presenting the incredible and the unusual in illustrated form since 1918. Believe It or Not!, it is the longest running syndicated cartoon in history!

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The Woodingdean Water Well was dug by hand in 1862 and is as deep as the Empire State Building is tall.

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