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Fun Fact! West African Slender-Snouted Crocodiles(Mecistops cataphractus), despite their unnerving appearances, can be amazing parents. The mothers will guard their nests until the eggs hatch. She will then dig up the nest and very gently help the remaining unhatched babies to hatch by carefully cracking their shells. The mother and sometimes the father will then protect the young until they become independent.

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  Did you know? The William Starr Miller House is a mansion at 1048 Fifth Avenue. Miller hired the renowned New York-based, Beaux-Arts architectural firm Carrere and Hastings to design a six-story Louis XIII style townhouse for himself and his family. Facing 86th Street, the house sat on a rusticated base, the central three bays projecting from the bulk of the structure. A high slate mansard roof with tall stone-framed dormers sat behind a limestone balustrade. William Starr Miller died in the mansion on September 14, 1935, followed by his wife nine years later.  The house was opened in November 1944 for buyers to preview the art and furnishings as preparations were made to auction off the Miller estate.  A month earlier the mansion had been sold to one of the most socially-prominent names in New York, Grace Vanderbilt, widow of Cornelius Vanderbilt III. She was accustomed to the much larger home she had at 640 Fifth Ave and referred to the Miller mansion as “the gardener’s cottage.”  Cottage or not, Mrs. Vanderbilt made the house the center of lavish entertainments, charity events and glittering balls. In the 1990s osmetics heir Ronald Lauder conceived of a museum to house his collection of German and Austrian modern art.  He partnered with his friend, art dealer Serge Sabarsky whose collection was comparable.  The two quietly purchased the Miller mansion in 1994 and initiated a four-year renovation and restoration of the structure. Architect Annabelle Selldorf was given the task of sensitively bringing the mansion back to life and creating an art museum. Today the Neue Galerie is home to paintings by such artists Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee. The exquisite home remains remarkably intact, an elegant survivor of Upper Fifth Avenue's golden age. #funfactfriday (at Neue Galerie New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjbSK-UPlti/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's #FunFactFriday! Did you know that Commerson's Dolphins are among the smallest of all cetaceans? They grow 3.9 to 5.8 ft (1.1 to 1.8 m) in length, and 77 - 190 lbs (35 to 86 kg) in weight and prefer to spend time near to the shore. Unfortunately this means that fishing is a major threat for them and they are easily caught in gillnets fixed to the sea floor, or midwater trawl fisheries along the coast. ⠀ #whaletales #commersonsdolphins #dolphins #didyouknow #funfact #trivia #dolphinsareawesome #dophinsofinstagram #dolphinphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CSPjWPYLLWb/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Volta avoid touching people. People always tell her not to touch them. Causing her to never feel affection like hugs or hold hands.

Starting next week, we’re going to start doing #3FPFactsFridays ! Every Friday a Three Fates team member will share a super exciting spooky fact. I, for one, am super eager to share spooky facts with you guys!! ~🦊 #3FP #facts #funfacts #spookyfacts #paranormal #paranormalinvestigators #ghosthunters #ghosts #funfactfriday #factoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CFlIgMiJMaK/?igshid=29tmyxsex7yp