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The hottest place on Earth has recently broken a record. The thermostat of Death Valley, a desert valley located in Eastern California, hit the highest temperature in recent times on September 1. https://t.co/0HHx6mTHvp https://t.co/xZELfQ7tNI

The Parker Solar Probe, a spacecraft the size of a small car, was launched during solar minimum, a regular period of most minor solar activity in the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. That was back in 2018. https://t.co/ICeFsQU1Wv https://t.co/fSDJU5kMGz

Replete with continuous carbon-free power to the grid. https://t.co/DBsJLxWVYA

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China and Russia aim to build a lunar orbital station and send astronauts to the moon before 2030. https://t.co/VvgTMbGfh1

It will be commercially available in early 2023. https://t.co/w19slWJWvq

Brasilodon is the oldest extinct vertebrate with two successive sets of teeth. https://t.co/r9kWXS9S8I

"All my life, I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific." LILY TOMLIN

The US Navy has established a new division tasked with overseeing operations of all its medium and large unmanned vessels. https://t.co/x9E7chBzsA

No salaries are secret.

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And in about 1.5 million years it will finally explode as a supernova. https://t.co/MHBwlfKtp2

Edwin Eugene `Buzz' Aldrin, Jr, (pictured here with Guinness World Records' Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday) and Neil Alden Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission, became the first men to set foot on the Moon, at 02:56 and 15sec GMT on 21 Jul 1969 (22:56 and 15sec EDT-Eastern Daylight Time-on 20 Jul 1969). 👩‍🚀 Guinness World Records was honoured to welcome Buzz Aldrin to the GWR London HQ in 2016. It was estimated that more than one-fifth of the human population at the time watched Armstrong and Aldrin land on the Moon. None of them would ever forget it. The 86-year-old remains passionate about continuing discoveries in outer space. 🪐🛰 "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Politician Harry Baals was the mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana from 1934-1947. In 2011, the town asked residents to choose a name for a new government building. The town overwhelming voted for "Harry Baals Government Center".

🐟How big is the humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)? It can grow up to 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) long and weigh as much as 421 pounds (191 kilograms)! 👄In addition to its whopping size, it’s distinguished by its prominent lips and forehead bump. Its menu includes a variety of sea critters such as mollusks, urchins, and sea stars. This endangered fish inhabits coral reefs in Indo-Pacific waters but is a rare sight in the wild—and is becoming even more rare due to overfishing. Photo: Philippe Guillaume, CC BY-NC 2.0, flickr #AnimalFacts #fish #HumpheadWrasse #nature #OceanLife