- ... that it has been claimed that the Citadel of Arbil is the oldest continuously inhabited site in the world?
- ... that an artificial lake near the Lebanese village of Qaraoun has become a seasonal home for about 20,000 migratory birds each year?
- ... that at least one species of the extinct termites Parastylotermes (fossil pictured) was found in the Calico Mountains?
- ... that the extinct hangingfly genera Formosibittacus, Jurahylobittacus, and Mongolbittacus are only known from the Middle Jurassic of China?
- ... that members of the extinct bivalve family Bakevelliidae have shells made from rectangular calcium prisms and mother of pearl?