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The idea that Opals are unlucky came about in 1829 after the publication of Scottish novelist Sir Walter Scott’s book Anne of Geierstein

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Velociraptor (commonly shortened to "raptor") is one of the dinosaurs most familiar to the general public due to its prominent role in the Jurassic Park motion picture series

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