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You won’t believe what was lurking beneath the parking lot of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! While staff conducted a drill for a geothermal energy project, they accidentally unearthed a vertebra from a plant-eating dinosaur that roamed the Earth a whopping 67 million years ago. Talk about a shocking discovery! If only they could translate its ancient musings about the state of today’s world—imagine the gossip it could spill about the trees back then!
Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology, couldn’t have imagined this weird twist of fate. He called the chance of hitting the fossil “infinitesimally small,” which makes you wonder if anyone ever considered offering a pay-per-view live stream of the next drilling project. Just imagine the headlines: “Excavation Goes Wild: Jurassic Surprise in the Parking Lot!” It could have been a thrilling series finale for a reality show about museums.
But the story doesn’t stop there. Hagadorn teased the possibility of digging deeper, but there’s a nagging little issue—the museum staff really need those parking spots. Who knew parking your car could have prehistoric repercussions? So, which would you prefer: a prime parking space or the thrill of a dinosaur discovery? Either way, it’s not every day you get to claim a dino is parked right under your wheels!
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