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nnOnnthis date in 1853, a group of Great Britain’s leading scientists atena formal New Year’s Eve dinner inside a huge model of a dinosaur!nThis was to mark the launch of sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’snfirst ever dinosaur sculptures in the world – and the world’s firstnlife-sized models of extinct animals. He created the iguanodon modelnplus models of extinct mammals and other dinosaurs to be displayed onnthe grounds of the Crystal Palace in London, on three islands in thentwo human-engineered lakes.
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nnFornmore on the iguanodon and this famous feast, check out this earlier post.
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nImagine….
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nnWhichnfantastic place would you like to celebrate New Year’s Eve? It wouldnbe hard to imagine, “inside a model of a dinosaur, along withnfamous scientists,” but it really happened. See if you can stretchnyour imagination to an even more amazing place…
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nnHownabout New Zealand, to see fire poi (juggling fire)?
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nnOrnFrankfurt, Germany, to see fireworks?
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nFor more on New Year’s Eve, take a peek at this earlier post.
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nAlso on this date:
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nAnniversary of window tax in England
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