All sorts of debris, both natural and man-made, has washed up on the banks of the famed Potomac River over the years. However, one finding late last month is particularly notable: a 15 million-year-old whale skull. According to The Washington Post , the baleen whale skull emerged from a cliff face in the eroding bank of the Potomac, in an area particularly well-known for unearthing marine fossils. But the complete and intact 1,000 pound skull is the biggest area scientists have seen so far, and the fact that it was unearthed whole is particularly rare.
The first sign of the skull was spotted in June in cliffs on the edge of Stratford Hall, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee; scientists from the Calvert Marine Museum were working nearby and...
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