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The new corn yield world record, from 2019, is 13.6% higher than the previous record, set just two years previously
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316
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January 17, 2020
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The current longevity record Golden Warbler, from 2015, was 37% older than the previous record holder from 1999 or prior. The current longevity record arachnid, from 2018, was 53% older than the previous record holder
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199
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January 16, 2020
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The growth of rate trees in the Colville National Forest increased 1.6% per year from 1999 until 2015, when that rate suddenly increased tenfold for each of the next two years, then tripled again from 2017 to 2018
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186
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January 16, 2020
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The Washington razor clam harvest of 2019-20 is projected to be 200% above the harvest in 2018-19. The number of adult "recruit" clams in 2019 was 376% more than in 2018
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1
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237
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January 15, 2020
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"Hundreds, if not thousands, of huge, black birds darken the sky, swooping through buildings and swarming like giant gnats."
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0
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200
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January 14, 2020
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The current North Dakota state record zander, from 2019, is 42% larger than the previous record holder from 2003
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0
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251
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January 3, 2020
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Earthquakes of 4.0 or larger in Oregon and Washington dropped by 50% in the last decade, compared to the the three decades from 1969 to 1999. Earthquakes of 3.0 or larger in Oklahoma dropped 78% from 2015 to 2018
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0
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203
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June 5, 2019
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Malignant brain tumors in the U.K. increased 140% - more than doubled – from 1995 to 2016
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236
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January 23, 2019
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"When I saw him that afternoon so enwrapped in the music of St. James's Hall I felt that an evil time might be coming upon those whom he had set himself to hunt down.”
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0
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205
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January 21, 2019
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The 2018 Michigan state record black buffalo sucker fish is 40% larger than the record fish from 2004
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173
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November 30, 2018
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Nearly 200 nations promise to stop ocean plastic waste
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276
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October 12, 2018
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“Uber for blood” drones have slashed the delivery time of life-saving medicine to remote regions of Rwanda from four hours to an average of half an hour
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248
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October 12, 2018
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Airline safety: 2017 was safest year in history for passengers around world, research shows
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272
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October 12, 2018
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People are spending 50 million fewer hours on Facebook a day
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225
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October 12, 2018
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