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...that Jan Czerski (pictured), exiled to Siberia after the January Uprising, became a self-taught scientist and Siberian explorer, thrice decorated with the gold medal by the Russian Geographical Society?
... that the shell of the extinct sea urchin Pelanechinus corallina was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?
... that scheduled monuments in the ceremonial county of Somerset range in age from neolithic to World War II?
...that the Palanga Amber Museum (pictured) in Lithuania holds a collection of about 28,000 items of amber, including about 15,000 pieces that contain insects, spiders, and plants?
... that the fossils of the dinosaur Arcovenator escotae were found through preliminary digging before construction took place on the A8 motorway in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France?

... that the rove beetle Diochus electrus is the first definite member of the subfamily Staphylininae from the fossil record?
...that the prosauropod dinosaur Efraasia was misidentified at least four times before being recognized as a separate genus?
...that the dinosaur Lufengosaurus, whose remains were found in China, was the first dinosaur to appear on a commemorative postage stamp, in 1958?
... that the stegosaurid Miragaia had more neck vertebrae than almost all of the sauropod dinosaurs, known for their long necks?
...that the Phyllodon, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic found in present-day Portugal, may have been closely related to North American dinosaurs?