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Laser-Cut City Maps

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“He has so much to say he doth filibuster himself.”

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This is believed to be the only photo ever taken of the iceberg that sank the Titanic. And it’s for sale.

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Smallest Fossil Footprints Found

“The world’s tiniest fossil footprints have been found in Canada. Researchers say they were left behind by a scurrying salamander-like creature 315 million years ago.”

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I’m oscillating between wonder and dread at the thought of what our print will be, 315 million years from now…
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The Smallest Known Tetrapod Footprints: Batrachichnus Salamandroides from the Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia,...
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