The Most Terrifying Photos From the Dark Depths of the Ocean

Manta Ray

Again, as scary and large the stingray in the photo may look, others have been caught and documented to be much larger. For example, back in 2015, a stingray weighing nearly 800 pounds became the largest freshwater fish ever caught by rod and line. The stingray came in with a measured length of 14 feet and width of 8 feet and took nearly two hours to reel in.

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The More You Know

  • The word "muscle" comes from a Latin term meaning "little mouse."
  • Following the release of Rocky IV, a joke was making rounds in Hollywood. Since Rocky had run out of opponents, he would have to fight an alien if a fifth movie was made. Jim and John Thomas took the joke seriously and wrote a screenplay based on it, which later became the movie "Predator".
  • Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree, the Dogwood.
  • There's a word for tapping someone on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.
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