fossil, n.Trivia

Less than 1 % of all history's species are believed to have been fossilized. Much of life's history is forever unknown.

mammal fossils are mostly male, likely because the males were more likely to do silly things, like die in tar pits.

Dragon legends may have begun with fossils.

Cockroach's are ancient --- the oldest cockroach fossils are over 280 million years old

Chalk is made from tiny plankton fossils

In the U.S., if you find dinosaur bones in your backyard, those are now your dinosaur bones.

Washington's state gem is petrified wood

Salmon fossils show salmon to be more than 50 million years old as a species