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- Inland free-tailed bat
- ... that the inland free-tailed bat can survive the most extreme range of body temperatures of any mammal known?
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- Pteropus
- ... that flying fox teeth are used as currency on Makira?
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- Little brown bat
- ... that the pup of a little brown bat can weigh nearly a third as much as its mother at birth?
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- Oscar de Beaux
- ... that Oscar de Beaux, in his 1930 publication "Biological ethics", was one of the first people to argue that conserving nature is ethical?
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- Jane Collective
- ... that when arrested for performing illegal abortions, members of the Jane Collective protected their clients' identities by swallowing their names and contact information?
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- Stellaluna
- ... that Janell Cannon's children's book Stellaluna won a Grammy Award for best spoken word album?
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- Mags Portman
- ... that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV infections in the United Kingdom?
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- Greg Owen
- ... that sexual-health doctor Mags Portman and activist Greg Owen worked together to provide accessible HIV medication, preventing thousands of new HIV infections in the United Kingdom?
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- Eileen Shore
- ... that researchers Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan discovered the mutation responsible for a disease that turns muscle into bone?
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- Frederick Kaplan
- ... that researchers Eileen Shore and Frederick Kaplan discovered the mutation responsible for a disease that turns muscle into bone?
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- Tom Cade
- ... that conservationist Tom Cade was so successful in his efforts to save the peregrine falcon that it was removed from the US Endangered Species List in 1999?
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- Nydia Blas
- ... that photographer Nydia Blas has said she is intrigued by the use of photography to influence public opinion, for example the use of photographs by anti-lynching activists?
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- Andrew Tallon
- ... that art historian Andrew Tallon used lasers to collect one billion data points of the interior and exterior of Notre-Dame de Paris, which could be used for its reconstruction?
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- Kathleen Hite
- ... that Kathleen Hite, scriptwriter for Gunsmoke, accepted a job as a secretary at CBS so she could badger company officials into letting her write?
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- Oriana Wilson
- ... that Oriana Wilson discovered a new species of bat, which was then named after her?
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- Larry Kahn
- ... that the tiddlywinks rivalry of Larry Kahn and Dave Lockwood is so intense, it has been compared to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer?
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- Dave Lockwood
- ... that the tiddlywinks rivalry of Larry Kahn and Dave Lockwood is so intense, it has been compared to that of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazer?
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- Isabelle Story
- ... that Isabelle Story, a member of Eleanor Roosevelt's press corps, published a weekly column called "Chatting With The First Lady"?
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- Megabat
- ... that in two species of megabat, males have been observed to produce milk?
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- Josephine Groves Holloway
- ... that after Josephine Groves Holloway's petition to form an official Girl Scout troop for African-Americans was rejected, she formed her own troop and encouraged her friends to do the same?
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- Maggy Hurchalla
- ... that after 78-year-old Maggy Hurchalla was ordered to pay US$4 million for interfering with a mining company, her kayaks were seized?
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- Shadrack Frimpong
- ... that Shadrack Frimpong started a communal cocoa farm in Ghana, where villagers could work in exchange for free tuition at an all-girls school?
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- Robert N. McClelland
- ... that surgeon Robert N. McClelland tried to save the lives of both John F. Kennedy and his assassin?"
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- Halloween darter
- ... that the common name of the Halloween darter refers to the orange and black coloration that individuals develop during the breeding season?
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- Coffin Cave mold beetle
- ... that the Coffin Cave mold beetle may not actually be found in Coffin Cave?
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- Tricolored bat
- ... that in Nova Scotia, the tricolored bat roosts exclusively in the dangling fronds of bony beard lichen?
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- Christmas Island flying fox
- ... that the Christmas Island flying fox matures more slowly than nearly all other bats?
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- Christmas darter
- ... that the Christmas darter is considered a priority species by the state of South Carolina, but of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature?
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- Joseph Henry Loveless
- ... that the identification of the body of outlaw Joseph Henry Loveless more than 100 years after his death is the oldest successful identification by the DNA Doe Project?
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