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T-Rex DNA
In 2005, a portion of T-rex bone was dissolved in acid. It revealed soft tissue with sections of possible DNA.
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5000-Year-Old Embrace
In 2007, the 5000-year-old skeletal remains of two lovers embracing each other were found at Mantua.
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Helicoprion
Helicoprion was a relative of the shark that lived 270 million years ago. It was approximately 7.5m long and had chainsaw-like teeth.
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Megalodon
Megalodon was the biggest shark that ever existed. It was larger than the average city bus and could bite down with a force between 10.8 and 18.2 tons - enough to crush a prehistoric whale's skull as easily as a grape.
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The dildo was invented at least 22,000 years before the wheel.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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For 4,000 years after they started making cheese, Ancient Europeans were lactose intolerant.
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Carbonemys
About 60 million years ago, there was a species of turtle that was so large and had such powerful jaws that it could have devoured a crocodile.
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