BITE SIZE ↕
Sid the grass snake looked to have bitten off more than he could chew when tackling a goldfish more than ten times the size of his head at a garden in Kent, England. However, by dislocating his jaw he was eventually able to devour the tasty meal and continue his campaign to snatch fish up to 8 in (20 cm) long from the pond
ANCIENT TOOTH ↕
Researchers in Spain have unearthed a human tooth that is more than one million year old. The fossil was discovered near Burgos and sets a new date for humankind's presence in western Europe - the previous oldest finds for the region being a mere 800,000 year old.
GIANT PENGUIN ↕
Scientists have discovered fossilized remains of a sun- loving giant penguin that lived some 36 million year ago and, at 5 ft (1.5 m), was a tall as an adult human. The skeleton was discovered on the southern coast of Peru, indicating that it preferred the tropics to colder climes.
ALL THE EIGHTS ↕
In 2007, a baby was born in Liverpool, England, at eight minutes past eight in the morning of the eighth day of the eighth month weighing eight pounds, and after her mother had been in labor for eight hours! The mother, Mel Byrne, was looked after by a midwife who delivered eight babies that days.
FISH CURE ↕
British scientist believe that a tiny tropical fish could help find a cure for blindness in humans. The zebrafish has a unique ability to repair its own damaged and diseased eyes, and now researches have identified that the special cells, which restore sight in zebrafish, can also be found in the human eye.
CHILI LOVERS ↕
Across the Americas, people were eating chili peppers as long as 6000 year ago. Recent discoveries from the Bahamas to Peru found starch microfossils of grains from chili peppers alongside remnants of corn, yucca, squash, beans, and palm fruit, suggesting that the ancients used recipes that aimed to make bland tastes more palatable.
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