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Sources:
Eccentric orbits
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/uranusfact.html
https://www.princeton.edu/~willman/planetary_systems/Sol/Haumea/
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/asteroidfact.html
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2012/12/aa19991-12/aa19991-12.html
Baking powder
https://phys.org/news/2014-05-difference-soda-powder.html
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/hartshorn
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579444/
Everything is grass
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=40351#null
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/po.htm
http://www.ogtr.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/content/banana-3/$file/biologybanana08.pdf
Weird, weird frogs
https://amphibiaweb.org/species/2373
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/purple-frog-new-species-discovery-india-monsoon/
https://www.bushheritage.org.au/species/crucifix-frog
https://www.britannica.com/animal/mudskipper
Haterpillar
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782731/
Sneaky beetle
https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-016-0010-x
https://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2017/02/10/newly-discovered-beetle-species-travels-back-army-ants/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schlammspringer_Periophthalmus_sp.jpg
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