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Katy Evans

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Godzilla, Earl Grey, and Oxford commas. Award-Winning Editor @IFLScience.com. She/Her

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One additional 'quick fact': if your name is John, the Nobel committee is twice as likely to award you the Prize for Physics, compared to scientists who are female - Number of physics prizes to a John: 10 - Number of female physics Nobel laureates: 5 Best wishes to all the John-hopefuls this yr 👩‍🔬⚛️
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Bepi, my beloved 🔭 www.iflscience.com/bepicolombo-...
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BepiColombo Reaches Critical New Milestone – Here's Why It's The Best Mission You May Not Have Heard Of
You can follow the livestream as spacecraft separation takes place ahead of its Mercury approach.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You can read all about it here 👇 www.iflscience.com/new-detectio...
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New Detection In Dark Matter Experiment Has Physicists Excited – Is It An Unexpected And Rare Background Or The First Evidence Of Dark Matter?
The detection is far from the gold standard threshold, but it is also in a mass region that shouldn’t have events.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
You can read all about it here 👇 www.iflscience.com/new-detectio...
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New Detection In Dark Matter Experiment Has Physicists Excited – Is It An Unexpected And Rare Background Or The First Evidence Of Dark Matter?
The detection is far from the gold standard threshold, but it is also in a mass region that shouldn’t have events.
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 31/08/2026
I'm overjoyed to be the featured author in the latest issue of @iflscience.com's Curious Magazine! 🦋🗃️ Read a 'book bite' from QUEER ORIGINS and discover what inspired me to write it. 🌈📚 As ever, the whole issue is a super read . . . www.iflscience.com/why-is-it-so... #histsci #sts #queerhistory
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Why Is It So Funny Watching People Fall Over? Find Out More In Issue 50 Of CURIOUS – Out Now
Can Animals Count? What’s It Like Getting Stuck In Antarctica? All this and more exclusively in the latest issue of our e-magazine.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I (re)watched Clue and Rocky Horror recently so I guess… Congo is my in memoriam viewing tonight
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Tim Curry as Herkermer Holmolka with Congo Diamond
Alt: Tim Curry as Herkermer Holmolka with Congo Diamond
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Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 26/08/2026
This is like Tom Holland's Umbrella dance in that every time it pops up on my timeline I must watch it and the second his smile starts to twitch before his final word, I fucking lose it
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Had a lot of fun chatting with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and @she-paleo.bsky.social for this, even if I did have to convince them I was not looking to set up my own side hustle... www.iflscience.com/how-to-fake-...
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How To Fake A Fossil: We Asked Palaeontologists How They'd Do It, And Yes, They Told Us
How to separate prehistoric fact from carefully crafted fiction.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Just 1.5 utterly delightful minutes of young gorillas being fascinated by a tiny wee chameleon @iflscience.com
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Watch Delightful Footage Of A Group Of Wild Young Gorillas Fascinated By A Tiny Chameleon
What is that?!
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Stephen Luntz @sluntz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You can read this for the science, or just enjoy the video for its hypnotic beauty. www.iflscience.com/highest-reso...
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Highest Resolution Images Of The Sun’s Surface Reveal Vortices That Could Explain Explosive Solar Activity
The work could help resolve two of our biggest questions about the Sun: the original cause of solar storms, and why its upper atmosphere is so much hotter than its surface.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
You had me at sea Muppets (Is Muppet a proper noun?) www.iflscience.com/you-cant-uns...
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"You Can't Unsee The Muppet Show" – Meet The Sea Muppets, Mysterious New Species That Have Never Been Seen Alive
Only 8 specimens of these sea Muppets exist in the world and no one has seen them in their natural habitat.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Like if the Powerpuff Girls fought bad history takes 💪
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
And in a thousand years, project it onto the white cliffs of Dover ❤️
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Rachael Funnell @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Big thanks to @tweetisaurus.bsky.social @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social and @stevebrusatte.bsky.social for talking me through the real cost of dinosaur auctions. $50 mil is just the surface of what's lost when fossils wind up in people's living rooms @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/50-million-d...
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$50 Million Dinosaur Sale Smashes Auction Record. Three Palaeontologists Told Us Why That’s Potentially Catastrophic For Science And Education
“Dinosaurs like Gus belong in museums,” said Prof Steve Brusatte to IFLScience.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Everyone is eulogising Sam Neill with Jurassic Park, as they should, it’s the best film ever made and Dr Grant is an icon. But if you’ve never watched The Dish, you should rectify that immediately 💔
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THE DISH Official Trailer (2000, Sam Neill, Patrick Warburton)
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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Penguin visiting McMurdo station sometime between 1961 and 2009: "It's so cool of you guys to invite me over and show me where you do all your research. What do you do for fun? Bowling? What's that? You throw a heavy ball at - oh. Oh my god. I need to leave."
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Why is everyone being so mean to the goblin shark. I want to hug it
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Deep-Sea Cameras Captured Something We've Never Seen Before 1,300 Meters Deep In The Pacific. A Goblin Shark On Its Home Turf
Before now, we had only ever seen goblin sharks that had been hauled to the surface.
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The wishful crew for Artemis IV that I and @katyfevans.bsky.social would like is: Jessica Mier, Jessica Watkins, Christina Koch and Samantha Cristoforetti!
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Why were the arms of T. rex so tiny? Literally the size of human arms, but on a bus-sized animal. Insane! Many of us have had ideas over the years & I'm part of a project led by @funstonpaleo.bsky.social But first, my thoughts on a new study for @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/t-rex-had-hu...
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T. Rex Had "Human-Sized Arms On A Bus-Sized Animal" – Now We Have The Best Explanation Yet For Why
The idea that T. rex's tiny arms were a consequence of its large, powerful skull isn't new – but a study of 85 theropod species pulls together some convincing numbers to back up the claim.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Delighted and tickled our jaunt to Scotland to investigate everyone's favourite cryptid is now award nominated! All props go to presenters/Nessie investigators Russell Moul and Eleanor Higgs and editor extraordinaire Dominic Grose. I was just the stunt driver 😏 Thanks @absw.bsky.social
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 04/06/2026
We are delighted by our nomination for the Video of the Year award by the @absw.bsky.social for our documentary 'IFLScience Investigates The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief'! 🎬 youtu.be/aezT_7IIR7g
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The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#JournoRequest I am working on a story for @iflscience.com on the NASA cuts in Trump's budget proposal 🔭🧪 Is your mission directly affected, or will your research be affected if a mission is ended or cancelled? I want to hear from you; we will keep you anonymous. DM me or signal: DrCarpineti.59
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84 NASA missions at risk under new proposal
Proposed NASA cuts would reduce NASA’s workforce by thousands and cancel over 50 space missions.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Happy 80th birthday to Tim Curry who has always, *always* understood the assignment.
Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture ShowTim Curry in ClueTim Curry in The Three MusketeersTim Curry in Muppet Treasure Island
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Vindication against anyone who’s ever told me I’m probably just getting "vibes" from a word or number 🧪
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Synesthetes Really Do "See" Those Colors They Report, And You Can Tell From Their Eyes
Taste the rainbow. Or at least... see it.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Sometimes even we think we sound like The Onion.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This entire @nhm-london.bsky.social podcast is delightful 🧪
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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I'm going to start a thread collating expert responses to the IOC's sex testing policy. Please feel free to reply with additions. I'm more interested in the views of scientists than lawyers or philosophers, but everything counts.
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 23/03/2026
“Science does not always need to produce a definitive answer to every question.” www.iflscience.com/there-really...
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
More on DinoTracker, our new free app for classifying and identifying dinosaur footprints! The app I wish I had as a grad student... From our pals @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/did-ai-just-...
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Cinderella Dinosaurs: How Do You Match Footprints To Dinosaurs? A New AI App Can Help With That
“I think AI has a bright future in paleontology,” dinosaur expert Steve Brusatte told IFLScience.
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Rachael Funnell @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Can't believe I get to chat to people about their enormous pickled fish collections and call it work. Was such a pleasure chatting with @briansidlauskas.bsky.social about the Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute's fascinating haul (and history) - interview/podcast coming soon!
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Brian Sidlauskas @briansidlauskas.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
OMG I'm in IFLScience!
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Where Can You Find A One-Of-A-Kind Pocket Shark Among 8 Million Pickled Fish? Louisiana's WWII Bunkers, Of Course
The largest collection of its kind includes a specimen you won't find anywhere else on Earth.
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Tom Leslie @scitomm.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Last week I had the privilege of speaking with @auersperga.bsky.social and @biotay.bsky.social about a very talented cow. She's called Veronika, she's fabulous and she's currently getting a lot of well-deserved attention. Here's my piece for @iflscience.com: www.iflscience.com/we-didnt-eve...
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“We Didn't Even Think About Looking”: Broom-Wielding Veronika Shows Tool Use In Cows Isn't So Absurd After All
Veronika the cow is the first documented example of flexible, multipurpose tool use in cattle – and she’s also a very good girl.
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Rachael Funnell @rachaelhfunnell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Magic isn't only for hijinks, mind, and has been used as a tool for science in all sorts of ways. You can ask magician and psychologist Dr Gustav Kuhn of @plymuni.bsky.social all about it at CURIOUS Live on Dec 11 www.iflscience.com/the-science-...
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Like Magic? Don't Miss Our Q&A With Dr Gustav Kuhn, A Leading Figure In "The Science Of Magic"
From cyber crime to the placebo effect and mind-reading robots, turns out there’s a lot of science in magic.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
I thought I was ready for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge but I was not. The size difference in male and female moa? 50 species of sloth?? 10-foot-long otters that took on sabre-tooth cats??? WHO HAS BEEN GATEKEEPING THESE INSANE ICE AGE MEGAFAUNA
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Thoroughly enjoyed writing this feature. Thank you to Dr Barney Long of @rewildorg.bsky.social for being game to briefly chat Nessie before diving into how we really search for lost species.
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What Happens If Someone Actually Finds The Loch Ness Monster?
IFLScience went to Scotland looking for the Loch Ness monster. But what happens if we, or anyone, finds it?
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Sure, ‘Award-winning Editor’ is good, but ‘Executive Producer and Stunt Driver’ might be my best credit ever
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IFLScience Investigates The Loch Ness Monster: The Science, Story, And Power Of Belief
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
📢🎉 We’re hiring! 🎉📢 @iflscience.com is looking for an Editor & Staff writer with a meticulous eye, a flair for writing and a passion for science communication - good sense of humour and a love of the weird and wonderful a bonus! Find out more here 👇🏻
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Editor & Staff Writer
IFLScience (a LabX Media Group Company) is an internationally recognised online science brand, dedicated to making science exciting and presenting it in a creative and inspiring way that leaves reader...
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I take one (1) week off work to go on holiday, I come back and dinosaurs have hooves now
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Duck-Billed Mummies Reveal Some Dinosaurs Had Hooves
This is the first time we've ever found a dinosaur with hooves.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Just seven delightful minutes of deep-sea aliens, courtesy of @schmidtocean.bsky.social
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Deep-Sea Aliens Spotted During First-Ever High-Tech Expedition To Offshore Canyon
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Some really amazing astronomy research came out today! 🔭🧪 First of all, JWST observations brought the strongest evidence yet of a planet in the habitable zone around Alpha Centauri A, the closest Sun-like star to the Solar System. www.iflscience.com/alpha-centau...
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Alpha Centauri A – Our Closest Sun-Like Star – Has A New “Very Strong Candidate” Planet
It’s not just Proxima Centauri that might be sporting planets.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
One of my favourite papers in a while ☄️
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Are You More Likely To Be Killed By An Elephant Or An Asteroid? Science Now Has The Answer
Scientists have placed the probability of a dangerous asteroid impact in context.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Voyager is one of my faves. Yes, I am emotionally invested in space missions. Hearing from someone who has been involved from the very start, right up to today, is incredible. Fabulous @iflscience.com exclusive by @drcarpineti.bsky.social💫
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Voyager: An Inside Look At NASA’s Longest-Running Mission With Someone There From The Start
We bring you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at this iconic mission with Dr Linda Spilker, from her first job out of college to serving as the current Voyager Project Scientist.
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I'm pretty sure I saw a green fireball meteor over London on Saturday night but no one else seems to have seen it, so I guess aliens *shrugs*
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 08/07/2025
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: We may already know where our latest interstellar visitor comes from just a week after discovering it. 👉 www.iflscience.com/new-interste...
World Exclusive: New Interstellar Comet Tracked To Its Origin Region: “It’s Much Older Than The Solar System”
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This is exciting
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
I know what I'm watching tonight🍿#Jaws50
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“Some People Took JAWS As A License To Kill”: 50 Years On, Can We Turn Fear To Fascination?
On the 50th anniversary of the iconic movie, IFLScience chats with activist Wendy Benchley (wife of Jaws author Peter Benchley) and marine scientist Dr Lydia Koehler to discuss the film’s impact, lega...
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Katy Evans @katyfevans.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
#MakeDinosaursChubbyAgain
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Great News Everybody! Some Dinosaurs May Have Had Lovely Chubby Cheeks
I would put my life on the line to squish a dinosaur's cheeks.
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