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In Utah this past Saturday, [more than 1,200 photos](https://www.ksl.com/article/50505384/dia-de-los-muertos-event-in-salt-lake-city-creates-new-world-record) of deceased loved ones were put on a single ofrenda, KSL News reports. The nonprofit Una Mano Amiga is working to formalize the world record.

**Salt Lake City**

This past Día de los Muertos, a new record was broken for the most pictures of a loved one placed on an ofrenda. Which city broke the record?

The largest known fish in the Amazon, the pirarucu can weigh up to 440 pounds. In the last couple decades, thousands have returned to the Amazon basin after nearly vanishing entirely due to illegal fishing. [According to the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/world-news-forests-lakes-brazil-fish-af6299e25d88331f243fdb673d53f6ce), this conservation victory is "a vision of what’s possible that veterans of the Amazon say they’ve seen nowhere else across the vast region."

**A gigantic fish**

In the Amazon basin, the pirarucu has returned from the brink of extinction. What is it?

As of Thursday morning, the prize sits at $1.5 billion if you choose to take the winnings as an annuity over 30 years. If you want the all-cash option, you'll get about $746 million before tax. But before you throw it all away on lottery tickets, here's [why you shouldn't enter to win](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/powerball-jackpot-lottery).

**$1.5 billion**

This week, the Powerball lottery became the third-largest jackpot in US history. How much money is on the line?

Twelve fellows from historically underrepresented communities in the skate community are trained in community organizing and project management to build a neighborhood skatepark.  
“Skating has brought me a group of friends and connections and community that I would not have if it wasn’t for skating,” fellow Sara Campos [told AP](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-race-and-ethnicity-tony-hawk-29f8209cc7169ca2f297b46ed5dab771). “It’s taught me a lot in terms of falling down and getting back up. It’s taught me a lot about courage.”

**Fellows design and build a skatepark in their neighborhood**

How does Tony Hawk's Skateboard Project fellowship work to diversify the skate community?

Of course it was Tumblr. After banning adult content in 2018, the site announced that it will [allow nudity back on its platform](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/nudity-is-back-on-tumblr) — just not “explicit sex.”

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Which social media dynasty just relaxed their restrictions on nude content?

The baby bison's birth is a remarkable feat of conservation for the UK, which has lost huge portions of its wildlife over the last several decades.  
“I saw this little face pop out from behind mom,” English bison ranger Tom Gibbs [told the Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/27/baby-bison-uk-rewilding-wildlife/). “I wanted to scream it from the rooftops.”

**The UK**

A wild baby bison was born in one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world for the first time in 6,000 years. Where did this happen?

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