your periodic reminder that there was a sperm whale called Porphyrios who took offense at the Romans and singlehandedly decided to stop all Byzantian trade and sank so many ships over the next 50 years that Justinian declared him an official enemy of the empire and put a reward on his head

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Des fossiles exceptionnels conservés dans des grottes du Sud-Ouest racontent l’histoire de la Grande Coupure Éocène-Oligocène : voilà 34 millions d’années, un changement radical du climat a entraîné la disparition de nombreuses espèces et le renouvellement de la faune en Europe. Reportage en ...

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Marisa Kabas is a gem.

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The idea of the Pope making his way through a long Illinois judicial retention ballot is very funny to me

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#FossilFriday The tiny calcareous Ediacaran organism Namacalathus, which is totally NOT a jack-o-lantern... #HappyHalloween2026

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