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 * ... 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 lifelong love of geology started with stones she collected as a child on family holidays?
 * ... that Krijn is the common name for the first Neanderthal discovered in the Netherlands?
 * ... that paleontologist Gerta 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?
 * ... that the Duvensee paddle (pictured) on display at the Archaeological Museum Hamburg is the world's second oldest known paddle?
 * ... that a fossil of the extinct monitor lizard Saniwa preserves cartilage, scales, and even a wind pipe?
 * ... that the Grey Cairns of Camster, built 5,000 years ago to serve as tombs, are among the oldest buildings in Scotland?
 * ...that the Mount Sandel Mesolithic site in Coleraine, County Londonderry is the oldest archaeological site in Ireland?