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TIL that Mary Anning, a poor woman in 1800s England with no formal education, discovered the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton and helped start modern paleontology—but never received proper cred... (www.amnh.org)

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Original Title: TIL that Mary Anning, a poor woman in 1800s England with no formal education, discovered the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton and helped start modern paleontology—but never received proper credit during her lifetime because of her gender and class.

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