A 300-million-year-old blob of fossilized tentacles just lost its title as the world’s oldest octopus. Turns out it was never an octopus. It was a nautilus—a shelled cephalopod that decomposed so thoroughly before fossilization that it fooled paleontologists for 24 years. The fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, was discovered in the Mazon…
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How One Ancient Tortoise Survived Nearly Two Centuries of Chaos — And a Heartless Scam
Jonathan the tortoise turned 193 this year. He’s lived through the invention of the telegraph, the airplane, the internet, and whatever fresh hell social media became in 2024. And on April 1, 2026, someone tried to kill him off with a fake death announcement — complete with a crypto donation…
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7 Guinness World Records You Can Aim to Set in 2026
Guinness World Records has published a list called “The seven records you should set in 2026.” Not could. Should. Which already tells you something about where we are. The institution built on documenting extremes is now pointing at blank spaces and saying, please, someone occupy these. What follows isn’t a…