The word dinosaur comes from the Greek language and means 'terrible lizard'. The word was coined by English paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842 and was meant to refer to Dinosaurs impressive size rather than their scary appearance.

The Spring peeper (a frog) can survive the winter season with 65% of its body water as ice.

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866.

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