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Cool, but have you ever heard of surfers measuring huge waves after they've been ridden? Sebastian Steudtner, a professional surfer for the World Surf League, broke the world record for tallest wave ever ridden when he caught an 86-foot Goliath off the coast of Portugal in 2020. It took 18 months to measure the wave because you can't exactly have someone in a nearby boat eyeball it with a yardstick.
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“This is not Covid.”
You're unlikely to catch monkeypox from someone by brushing past them in the grocery store, Dr. Jennifer McQuiston, a CDC official, said yesterday. It's mostly spread through direct physical contact with a person who has an active rash, but it can also be transmitted via respiratory droplets and is not "the major concern," as McQuiston put it.
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Two years after George Floyd’s murder, the street art created during that summer’s uprising is fading away. (New York Times)
