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 * ...that Jan Czerski (pictured), exiled to Siberia after the January Uprising, became a self-taught scientist and Siberian explorer, thrice decorated with the gold medal by the Russian Geographical Society?
 * ... that the shell of the extinct sea urchin Pelanechinus corallina was composed of separate groups of fused plates which resulted in its being flexible?
 * ... that scheduled monuments in the ceremonial county of Somerset range in age from neolithic to World War II?
 * ...that the Palanga Amber Museum (pictured) in Lithuania holds a collection of about 28,000 items of amber, including about 15,000 pieces that contain insects, spiders, and plants?
 * ... that the fossils of the dinosaur Arcovenator escotae were found through preliminary digging before construction took place on the A8 motorway in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France?
 * ... that the rove beetle Diochus electrus is the first definite member of the subfamily Staphylininae from the fossil record?
 * ...that the prosauropod dinosaur Efraasia was misidentified at least four times before being recognized as a separate genus?
 * ...that the dinosaur Lufengosaurus, whose remains were found in China, was the first dinosaur to appear on a commemorative postage stamp, in 1958?
 * ... that the stegosaurid Miragaia had more neck vertebrae than almost all of the sauropod dinosaurs, known for their long necks?
 * ...that the Phyllodon, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic found in present-day Portugal, may have been closely related to North American dinosaurs?