Thursday, 13 March 2014

ON THIS DAY IN WEIRD


On This Day in Weird, March 13...

1781: Sir William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus, mistaking it for a comet.

1998: A trawler off New Zealand (at 42°50.9–49.8'S 177°16.6'–176°55.3'E) nets a giant squid at a depth of 475 meters.


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