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April Nineteen, Twenty Twenty Four

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and we begin with a

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prehistoric discovery sure to send

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shivers down your spine. Researchers

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and India have identified the

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fossil of a colossal snake

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that reportedly stretch longer than

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a school bus and weighed

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about a ton. According to

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the Journal Scientific reports, the

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slithery predator likely roamed Western

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India, swampy forests. Forty seven

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million. Years ago, preying on catfish,

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turtles, crocodiles, and even Wales. With

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an estimated length between thirty six

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and fifty feet long, he could

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prove to be the largest snake

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ever known. That title is currently

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held by the forty two foot

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long Titanic Boa that slithered around

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Columbia sixty million years ago. Neil

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Shipley was six years old when he

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sat on his dad shoulders watching his

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idol Tiger Woods player Us Open Practice

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round near his home town of Pittsburgh,

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Pennsylvania. that was two thousand and seven

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last Sunday. The now twenty three year

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old amateur golfer was paired with the

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Gulf Legend during the final round of

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the Masters. Shipley, as senior at Ohio

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State University was the only amateur to

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make the cut and play over the

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weekend. When he learned that he beating

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up with Tiger, he reportedly dropped everything

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and. started freaking out after a

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rough start on sunday Neil found

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his groove and while neither he

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nor Tiger walked away with the

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win, Neil calls the experience his

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dream week and said Tiger made

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me feel really welcomed. For

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some Taylor Swift fans patience is not

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a virtue. After a two and a

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half month wait today marks the day

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when her new album the tortured poets

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department is set to drop. But

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a fair number of Swifties may

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have already gotten an earful. According

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to CNN a Google Drive link

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allegedly containing 17 of her

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new tracks has been making the rounds on the

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internet. Interest has been huge

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so much so that X prevented

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a search for Taylor Swift leaks.

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Still not everyone wants a sneak

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peek with social media feeds full

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of Swifties committed to wait. Swift

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herself has weighed in with a

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leak of her own announcing the

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first single Fortnite featuring Post Malone

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will drop at 8 p.m. Eastern

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tonight. The rest of the album

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officially comes out at midnight. When

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it comes to satisfying cravings one

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fast-food company is hoping customers follow

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their nose. In the Netherlands McDonald's

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is testing out a new marketing

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ploy red and yellow billboards that

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say absolutely nothing. What they do

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is emit the telltale aroma of

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the chain's iconic french fries. How

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they do this is no big

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mystery. Inside each ground level billboard

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are trays ready to be loaded

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with hot spuds. On the outside

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a series of vents to lure

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passers-by. The billboards are strategically

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positioned within several hundred feet

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of restaurants counting on the

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power of smell to trigger

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cravings that translate into purchases.

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Move over Lord Voldemort there's a

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new villain in town. Scientists digging

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around Western Australia have discovered a

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new ant species that looks strikingly

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similar to the famous villain in

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the Harry Potter movie. Potter series.

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Leptonilla voldemort has a slender

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build, spindly legs, and sharp

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mandibles or lower jawbone which

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it uses for biting and

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cutting food. According to earth.com,

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the tiny predator was found

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lurking about 80 feet

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underground during an ecological survey

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of animal life in the

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region. Unlike most ants which

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have a dark color, L.

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voldemort's unusual pale, almost ghostly

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appearance helps it blend into

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its surroundings. This discovery is

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the second Leptonilla species to be identified.

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The first was back in 1931. Still

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to come, how many teen ballerinas

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does it take to break a

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world record? But first, the Kid

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News Quiz. How

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many years ago did the Titanoboa

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snake roam the earth? 60

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million. Amateur golfer

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Neil Shipley's dream came true when

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he was paired with which golfing great?

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Tiger Woods. What

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menu item is McDonald's loading into

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scented billboards? French

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fries. A

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newly discovered spider has been named after

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which Harry Potter villain? Lord

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Voldemort. In our

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Kid News Kicker, hundreds of dancers ages 9 to

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19 gathered in one space at New

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York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday. Their

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mission? To shatter the world record

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for dancing on point in one

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spot. The event was organized by

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the Youth America which

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offers scholarships to ballet's brightest

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future stars. Standing toe

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to toe, 353 ballerinas

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shifted their weight from one foot to the

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other and step-cold beret with

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Tchaikovsky's melodies playing in the

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background. After one full minute

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of the move a judge

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on-site confirmed a New Guinness World

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Record was born beating the old one of

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306 dancers. Before

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we go shout out to our

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Kid News Classrooms Ms. Milnar and

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her Panthers at Presbyterian School in

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Houston, Texas, Ms. Stewart and her

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Wildcats at Blair Taylor School in

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Blair, Wisconsin and Mrs. Arp and

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her Spartans at Webb School of

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Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee. Thanks for

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listening. Look in your emails for

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and head to our website to see how

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much of this week's Kid News you remember.

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Our Week in Review quiz is up, interactive

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