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The world’s shortest and tallest men have finally met. He Pingping is just 73 cm (2’5”), while Sultan Kosen is a towering 246.5 cm (8’1).

(via He Pingping and Sultan Kosen | World’s tallest and shortest men meet | News.com.au)

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Diamond oceans could explain why the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune appear tilted so far off their north-south axes, given that they could deflect or tilt the magnetic fields. Both planets may consist of up to 10 percent carbon, the elemental building block of diamond. (via Neptune and Uranus May Have Oceans of Liquid Diamond | Popular Science)

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