Across the political spectrum, Americans’ views on #abortion are complex and nuanced, and the vast majority don’t fit neatly into the “pro-life” or “pro-choice” camps. https://t.co/RgZATVSHXu
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticism made of the habits of the poor by the well well-housed, well-warmed and well-fed.
Herman Melville
You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don’t trust enough.
Frank Crane
For trust not him that hath once broken faith.
William Shakespeare
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For decades, scientists have estimated that the Siberian unicorn - a long-extinct species of mammal that looked more like a rhino than a horse - died out some 350,000 years ago, but a beautifully preserved skull found in Kazakhstan has completely overturned that assumption. Turns out, these incredible creatures were still around as recently as 29,000 years ago.
Before we talk about the latest discovery, yes, there was a very real ‘unicorn’ that roamed Earth tens of thousands of years ago, but it was nothing like the one found in your favourite children’s book. (Sorry - it’s a bummer for us, too.) The real unicorn, Elasmotherium sibiricum, was shaggy and huge and looked just like a modern rhino, only it carried the most almighty horn on its forehead.
According to early descriptions, the Siberian unicorn stood at roughly 2 metres tall, was 4.5 metres long, and weighed about 4 tonnes. That’s closer to woolly mammoth-sized than horse-sized. Despite its very impressive stature, the unicorn probably was a grazer that ate mostly grass. So, if you want a correct image in your head, think of a fuzzy rhinoceros with one long, slender horn protruding from its face instead of a short, stubby one like today’s rhinos.
