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Apr 10, 2026 at 16:54
Oldest octopus fossil found to not be an octopus
Pohlsepia mazonensis, a visually underwhelming fossil from Illinois, fundamentally broke our understanding of cephalopod evolution. Described in 2000 and hai...
Mar 31, 2026 at 16:11
The story of Britain's oldest sweet, the Pontefract Cake (2019)
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