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When the Pachyrhinosaurus bodies came to the bend in the river the momentum of the water push their carcasses to the outer edge of the bend. 当肿鼻角龙的尸体来到河流的转弯处，水流的动力将它们的尸体冲向河流转弯处外缘

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It exploded with the force of a million nuclear bombs and unleashed the power of the sun. 它爆炸的威力相当于一百万枚核弹，释放出太阳的能量。 It set alight the entire biomass of earth and cooked the atmosphere. 它点燃了地球

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