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Model of a mastodon
- ... that the domed wooden Dorkovo Museum displays fossils from the Pliocene era, including a life-size model of a mastodon (pictured)?
- ... that Max Reger regarded his composition Der Einsiedler, a setting of a poem by Eichendorff for baritone, choir and orchestra, as "among the most beautiful things I've ever written"?
- ... that the 13 member countries of OPEC account for 40 percent of worldwide oil production and 73 percent of proven oil reserves?
- ... that Cerys Hale was selected for the Wales women's national rugby union team squad for the 2014 World Cup, while still at university?
- ... that the upcoming film Rebel in the Rye is based on a non-fiction book about the life of author J. D. Salinger during World War II?
- ... that Aled Roberts was disqualified from the Welsh Assembly because of incorrect guidance given in a Welsh-language document?
- ... that the new Evergreen Point Floating Bridge is the fourth floating bridge to connect Seattle with its Eastside suburbs, and the world's longest?
- ... that the Cheltenham Town footballer Daniel Wright gave his son the number 9 as a middle name?