Legionnaire Rule No. 1: Never march on an empty stomach.
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Schmalspur-UDSSR einfach nicht.
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Of course, they didn’t know about dinosaurs, but they did discover and even collect giant fossils. Pliny the Elder describes a “sea monster” found near Joppa, with ribs taller than an elephant. The bones were brought to Rome and publicly displayed.
Today, we believe these were likely marine reptile fossils — possibly making the Romans some of the earliest fossil collectors in history.
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