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  • Weirdo Manta Shark Found Fossilised in Mexican Limestone

    Weirdo Manta Shark Found Fossilised in Mexican Limestone

    Paleontologists have announced the discovery of an extraordinary fossil shark in Mexico. They describe Aquilolamna milarcae, a Late Cretaceous shark that was wider than it was long, with an oddly slender pair of pectoral fins. This shark, far from a ferocious biter, may have survived by eating plankton.


  • Tony Hawk (Old) Can Still Pull Off His Famous 900

    Tony Hawk (Old) Can Still Pull Off His Famous 900

    Video: Seventeen years ago, extreme sports ambassador and titular Pro Skater Tony Hawk pulled off the 900 revolution at the 1999 X-Games. The trick involves rotating the board two and a half times while midair (and in normal gravity), and Hawk struggled with it back in his spry days. Now 48, he gives it the…