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 * ...that the largest known metal vessel from antiquity is an elaborately decorated bronze volute krater (pictured) discovered at the Vix Grave in Burgundy, France in 1953?
 * ...that the entire population of Exuma Island Iguanas on Leaf Cay in the Bahamas was translocated to Pasture Cay in 2002 in an effort to protect the species?
 * ...that the freshwater weed Azolla may have grown in the Arctic Ocean with enough vigour to plunge the world into an ice age?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.