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Scientists have discovered a previously overlooked line of symmetry that splits the Earth into Eastern and Western ...
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In 2017, “Planet Earth II” executive producer Mike Gunton was whisked off stage immediately after winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for the acclaimed BBC natural history ...
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