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Ancient Curse on Utah Park Is Real, Say Visitors
Ancient Curse on Utah Park
Is Real, Say Visitors
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Ancient Curse on Utah Park Is Real, Say Visitors

Leave the petrified wood in the Petrified Forest, they say

(Newser) - Visitors who remove any bit of nature from a state park are breaking the law. But those who remove a chunk of petrified wood from Utah's Escalante Petrified Forest State Park risk something darker: an alleged ancient curse that visitors claim is the real deal. The park manager tells...

Dutch Museum's 'Moon Rock' an Out-of-This-World Fake

Gift from NASA is just petrified wood, tests reveal

(Newser) - A “moon rock” exhibited at the Dutch national museum is actually petrified wood, the BBC reports. The three Apollo 11 astronauts gave the object to former PM Willem Drees on a tour following their 1969 moon mission; NASA shared similar artifacts with more than 100 other countries. The purported...

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