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Pair of Brachyrhaphis roseni fish

... that Brachyrhaphis roseni (examples pictured) and B. rhabdophora are difficult to breed because they voraciously eat their own young?
... that Mirza Muhammad Amin Shahristani served in the royal courts of the Golconda Sultanate, Safavid Iran, and the Mughal Empire?
... that one writer criticized the College Football Playoff system before its first edition had even begun?
... that the Nicaraguan nun Dorotea Wilson joined a guerrilla group, renounced her vows, and became a women's rights activist and politician?
... that a U.S. government official ordered that "It Was on a Friday Morning" be removed from a hymnal within 24 hours?
... that after the failure of the Tiepolo conspiracy of 1310, the houses of the chief conspirators were torn down, and their families were forced to change their coats of arms?
... that Coscinodon lawianus is one of only two species of moss only found in continental Antarctica?
... that LGBTQ activist Alexey Davydov became the first person to be charged with violating Russia's 2013 anti-gay law after he displayed a sign that read "being gay is normal" at a children's library?
... that stars have been depicted in fiction since the 1600s as locations that can be visited?