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Would a dinosaur steak taste like chicken?

Kendra Jefferies

Dinosaurs were closely related to birds, so they probably tasted like them. But different birds have different flavours depending on activity and diet, and so would dinosaurs. Small herbivorous ones might have tasted like chicken, but a T. rex steak would probably taste more like an eagle or similar predator. AM

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WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST MOTORWAY BUILT?

Andy Masons

Mechanical engineer Piero Puricelli created the first motorway in 1924. It stretches from Milan to Varese in Italy, and is known as the ‘Motorway of the Lakes’. JE

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