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Heartfelt call from 'The Rock' gives Minnesota boy joy in his final moments Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson surprised terminally ill fan Kane with a heartfelt video tribute, sparking viral support worldwide.

Amazing…

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'Holy smokes': Huge log believed to be 50 million years old unearthed at N.W.T. mine | CBC News A log of wood believed to be 50 million years old has been hauled up from below ground at Diavik diamond mine in the N.W.T. — a find that researchers say is remarkable but not uncommon.

'Holy smokes': Huge log believed to be 50 million years old unearthed at N.W.T. mine #NorthwestTerritories #Canada

Diavik says it's talking about what to do with its wood specimens as it approaches closure

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Oh Apple…you caved…

Still the way it should be…

Trudeau: I think Canadians are a little perplexed as to why our closest friends and neighbors are choosing to target us.

I don’t think there are a lot of Americans who wake up in the morning saying, "Oh, damn Canada. Oh, we should really go after Canada."

The last great Cascadia subduction zone earthquake occurred 325 years ago today at 9:00 PM local time. How do we know so precisely? Here’s the story.

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How Scientists Solved the Mystery of a 300-Year-Old Megaquake YouTube video by PBS Terra

Today is the 325th anniversary of the ~M9 1700 Cascadia megathrust earthquake + tsunami, the most recent major quake on the Pacific Northwest's subduction zone. An event that size could happen again any day. Video here shows how scientists figured out when it happened (9pm). youtu.be/A1R6B6_2KOk?...

Gold mourning ring found on Dorset farm dated to 17th Century Metal detectorist Anthony Woolmington found the mourning ring on a farm near Shillingstone.

Someone needs to throw that into a volcano

We’re almost out of the cold…

January 7 is Old-Rock-Day 🪨 & you can't go older than with the Acasta Gneiss-a tonalite gneiss of the Slave craton, NWT/Canada. Dated at approximately 4.03 billion years with Earth being 4.543 billion years old
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On Jan 6 1912, Alfred Wegener presented his theory of continental drift and supercontinent Pangaea's breakup into today's continents. Despite initial rejection, modern seismology and ocean drilling in the 1950s/60s validated his ideas, leading to the current understanding of plate tectonics. ⚒🧪

4.5 billion years ago: Proto-Earth collides with the Mars-sized protoplanet named Theia, partially merging, but a large chunk bounces back into space. In less than 2 million years, two gravitationally locked new bodies form - Earth and Moon 🌑🌙

Welcome 2025…

Minnesota Minerals Education Workshop YouTube video by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

The Minnesota Minerals Education Workshop…short courses, field trips, mining as it relates to MN and the world, great PD!