nPosted on January 7, 2020
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When you hear that today is “Old Rock Day,” do you think of elderly rockers like Rolling Stones stars Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (both age 76)?
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nWell, as old as they are, Old Rock Day actually celebrates MUCH older rocks and rolling stones. We’re talking hundreds of millions of years old, in some cases.
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nOld Rock Day is also a day to celebrate fossils. Not “fossils” like Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, but real, actual remains of ancient life forms. The fossil record includes insects trapped in amber; petrified wood, teeth, and bones; stone molds or casts of foot/paw/claw prints and occasionally of skin and feathers; shells and actual teeth or bones; and traces of lifeforms such as nests, tunnels and burrows, or poop (coprolite is fossilized poop!).
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nAlso on this date:
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National Bobblehead Day
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nGanna in Ethiopia
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nHarlem Globetrotters Day
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Tempura Day
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nAnniversary of publication of Fanny Farmer’s Cookbook
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nTumbes Anniversary in Peru
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Fruitcake Toss Day
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nnJapan’s Sakigake Launched into Interplanetary Space
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nPresident Millard Fillmore’s birthday
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest pages on:
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nHistorical anniversaries in February
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