‘All That’s Interesting’: Cool Facts To Spark Your Curiosity



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“It is a truly unprecedented discovery and one of the greatest finds in British palaeontological history.”⁠

Paleontologists in England have uncovered the remains of a prehistoric sea monster larger and more complete than anything ever found in the country before. Its head alone is about twice as heavy as a grizzly bear while its entire body is longer than a school bus. What’s more, researchers now believe this 180-million-year-old discovery may just be the “tip of the iceberg,” and that both this ichthyosaur’s last meal and its unborn offspring may be sitting inside its enormous stomach.