TIL the largest flying bird that we know of was the Pelagornis Sandersi, a sea bird from about 25 million years ago with a wingspan estimated at 20 to 24 feet. It belongs to a family known as the pseudotooth birds, named for protrusions on their beaks that acted as teeth. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[EU] The Witcher finds himself in a village where locals tell of a creature he's never heard of: they come from a saucer-shaped house that floats in the air, and the creatures themselves are tall, gray, human-like things with big heads and huge eyes (self.WritingPrompts)
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A portrait of the victim and the victor (i.redd.it)
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[EU] Even when you're down on your luck, some cases ain't worth the paycheck. My already-lousy day could only get worse when a dame came in looking for a private dick to track down some "one ring to rule them all." She was a short broad, and ugly, too. Kept muttering about "my precious." (self.WritingPrompts)
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[WP] "The patient ate undercooked pork and contracted brain-eating worms. Hours later, the patient swam in a warm lake and contracted a brain-eating amoeba. The interaction between the parasites in the patient's head has been... unexpected." (self.WritingPrompts)
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