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Connecticut's Old State House Has An Eclectic Oddities Museum With An Artistic History
In 1797, Connecticut painter and avid collector, Reverend Joseph Steward opened a museum of "natural curiosities ... hunter trophies, fist-sized bugs, preserved ocean creatures, and so much ...
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
The parasitic wasp's abdomen boasts a set of flappy paddles lined with thin bristles, resembling “a small bear trap attached ...