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 * ... 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?