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Syrup is poured over a stack of pancakes. Tuesday marked National Pancake Day in the US. Other parts of the world celebrated pancakes last week on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. (Newscom)

Two young cheetahs - about 16 to 18 months old - cheep to get food at the Ann Van Dyk Cheetah Center, a nonprofit organization where cheetahs are bred and rehabilitated. (Melanie Stetson-Freeman/Staff)

The common fangtooth, or Anoplogaster cornuta, is a small, deep-sea fish with some of the largest teeth in the ocean, proportional to its size. (Newscom)

Christina Dodd rests her head on the shoulder of her dad, US Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) of Connecticut, after he announced Jan. 6, that he will retire after his current term. Dodd, who served five terms, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008. (Charles Krupa/AP)

A patrol guard stationed along the Great Wall in Beijing inspects the General Motors Hy-wire, the world's first driveable fuel cell vehicle, making its first appearance in China, on Nov. 14, 2003. (Richard Jones/General Motors/AFP/Newscom/File)

Pittsburgh Pirates Garret Jones basks in the sun prior to the team's spring training baseball practice on Thursday in Bradenton, Fla. (Eric Gay/AP)

Tiger Woods of the US tees up his ball on the second hole during final round play of the Tournament Players Championship PGA golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., May 9, 2010. (Hans Deryk/Reuters)

Johnny Weir performs during an exhibition at the US Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash., on Jan. 24. (Elaine Thompson/AP)