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Macrobdella decora

... that some North American swimming spots have had to be closed because Macrobdella decora (pictured) posed such a hazard to bathers?
... that the majority of Selected Ambient Works Volume II was supposedly composed through lucid dreaming?
... that Karl Malte von Heinz designed the Vatican, Pakistani, Yugoslav and Thai diplomatic missions in India?
... that the anarchist group Los Solidarios assassinated the leader of the Catalan pistoleros, the governor of Biscay, and the archbishop of Zaragoza?
... that photographer Peter Miller stated in 2014 that the "Vermont Way" of grumbling and every so often remembering that "we live in beauty" was "coming to an end"?
... that a group of Jewish refugees continued work on their Yiddish encyclopedia after fleeing from Germany and France?
... that the unlicensed Willy's Chocolate Experience in Scotland led to a crossover event between the American television series Abbott Elementary and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia?
... that Mufasa shared the same voice as Darth Vader?
... that Dez did not actually catch it?