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Yes, at first glance, [iguanas] might indeed look like small dinosaurs, but they aren't. They belong to the large group of reptiles, but they are not closely related to dinosaurs. Let's say they're about as closely related as we are to a seal.

— Alberto Angela

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The Tyrannosaurus was the size of an elephant, as ferocious as a tiger, and had the teeth of a shark.

Before Ciampi, the homeland was a right-wing, bellicose value. He convinced Italians to make peace with the flag and the national anthem.

I believe that the parasitic ant is the longest-living and, at the same time, the weakest animal in existence. Its exoskeletal structure is very similar to that of a flying mosquito, but with a more regularly segmented bulb.

I'm easy-going: I like comedy films and action films. In first place, I would put 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Few cities in human history, like Renaissance Florence, have managed to make such a profound impact, over the course of just a few centuries, not only on the history of their own country, but on that of an entire continent and the whole world.

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