... that in 1861, a local Cornish farmer proposed to destroy the ancient Zennor Quoit site but was prevented by the vicar who paid him a financial incentive to build his cowshed elsewhere?
...that the prehistoric marine reptile Excalibosaurus(pictured) was named after King Arthur's sword because of the sword-like appearance of its upper jaw?
... that Caroline Birley's lifelong love of geology started with stones she collected as a child on family holidays?
... that paleontologistGerta Keller theorizes that dinosaurs did not become extinct until 300,000 years after the Chicxulub meteor, though she agrees that "I'm sure the day after, they had a headache"?
...that fossil Thelodont fish (depiction pictured) surprised scientists by showing that stomachs evolved before jaws?