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Which is the most commonly used mosquito repellent? One of the most well-known and widely used large-scale pellets is N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, commonly called DEET. It hit the commercial market ...

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Researchers first spotted the fossilised leaves of the species Othniophyton elongatum, which translates to “alien plant”, in Rainbow in Utah in 1969. The former mining community is now a ghost ...

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