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The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa. It is known for its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its spotted coat patterns. Traditionally, giraffes have been thought of as one species, but more recent evidence has proposed dividing them into multiple species. Giraffes usually inhabit savannahs and woodlands. Their food source is leaves, fruits, and flowers of woody plants, primarily acacia species, which they browse at heights most other herbivores cannot reach. Giraffes live in herds of related females and their offspring or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Females bear sole responsibility for rearing the young. Giraffes have been featured in paintings, books, and cartoons. Giraffes are assessed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. They are found in numerous national parks and game reserves. (Full article...)

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Ryu Sung-hyun

... that Olympian Ryu Sung-hyun (pictured) taught himself gymnastics for four years because his father did not want him to become an athlete?
... that English actor Jude Law is actually named David, as a result of his parents naming their children after their best friends?
... that Sadie O. Horton was the first recorded female United States Merchant Marine veteran of World War II?
... that "Sea of Voices" was accepted by Porter Robinson's fans even though it was a fundamental change to his prior musical style?
... that Morris Villarroel wore a camera on his chest that took 1,200 photographs a day for several years?
... that all of the players on the Green Bay Packers were selected for the 1940 NFL All-Star Game?
... that the events following the Battle of Stainmore have been called the end of the first Viking age in England?
... that American pianist Ella Scoble Opperman, the first dean of the Florida State College for Women, was praised for growing the college into a credible school of music?
... that the sheep-herding founder of Kekerengu in New Zealand became an international fugitive?

In the news (from June 16)

Saulos Chilima

A fire in a residential building in Kuwait City's suburb of Mangaf kills at least fifty people.
A plane crash near Chikangawa, Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima (pictured).
In tennis, Iga Świątek wins the women's singles and Carlos Alcaraz wins the men's singles titles at the French Open.
In the Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is re-elected with a reduced majority.

On June 21

June 21: Fête de la Musique; International Day of Yoga; National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada; Xiazhi in China (2024)

Charles Davis Lucas

1575 – French Wars of Religion: Catholic forces defeated an armed group of Huguenots attempting to capture Besançon, from which they had previously been expelled.
1854 – Crimean War: During the Battle of Bomarsund, Irish sailor Charles Davis Lucas (pictured) threw an artillery shell off his ship before it exploded, earning him the first Victoria Cross.
1890 – Rudyard Kipling's poem Mandalay was published.
1921 – Irish War of Independence: Most of the village of Knockcroghery in County Roscommon was burned by British forces.
1957 – Ellen Fairclough became the first woman to be appointed to the cabinet of Canada.

Niccolò Machiavelli (d. 1527)
Joko Widodo (b. 1961)
Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy (b. 1986)
Soad Hosny (d. 2001)

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Over the course of five seasons, Cobra Kai has released 50 episodes, and has an upcoming sixth and final season. The first season premiered on the streaming service YouTube Red on May 2, 2018. YouTube Premium then released an additional season in 2019. Following a content shift on YouTube, subsequent seasons moved to Netflix. A third and fourth season were released in 2021 followed by a fifth in 2022. Originally expected to release by December 2023, the sixth season was delayed due to the 2023 Writers' Guild of America strike and the SAG-AFTRA strike. Netflix later announced the final season would consist of 15 episodes and would release in three parts beginning in 2024 and ending in 2025. Cobra Kai is a spin-off and sequel to the first four films in The Karate Kid franchise. The first season took place 30 years after the 1984 titular film. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, among others, return from the film series in prominent roles. The series has received critical acclaim, multiple award nominations, and large viewing figures. (Full list...)

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The six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is a moth of the family Zygaenidae. It is a common species throughout Europe, except the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, northern Scandinavia and the Great Russian North, and is also present in Asia Minor, through the Caucasus to Syria and Lebanon. It inhabits meadows, woodland clearings, sea-cliffs and area rich in grasses and flowers, up to 2,000 m altitude. The adults fly on hot, sunny days and are attracted to a wide variety of flowers such as knapweed and scabious, as well as the larval food plants bird's foot trefoil, Dorycnium, Coronilla and clover. This six-spot burnet was photographed in Kulna, Estonia.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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