Your World This Week, Volume IV

Published July 13, 2015

Meet The World’s Newest Dinosaur

Wendiceratops Dinosaur Skeleton Horn

Source: CBS News

The Triceratops may have just been knocked off its throne. Wendiceratops has plenty in common with its more famous cousin, only it’s older, bigger and, of chief interest to paleontologists, has a far more interesting horn. In fact, the new dinosaur’s horn, the oldest tall nose horn discovered to date, may be a missing link in the dinosaur fossil record.

Dig deep into the evolutionary ramifications of the discovery at CNN.

5 Events To Know About This Week

  • July 13, 1985: Live Aid concerts around the world raise money for famine-stricken Africans.
  • July 13, 1977: 25-hour blackout leaves New York City in darkness.
  • July 14, 1965: The American space probe, Mariner 4, sends back photographs of Mars.
  • July 14, 1789: French revolutionaries storm the Bastille.
  • Franco Spanish Civil War

    General Francisco Franco, Source: Biography

  • July 18, 1936: The Spanish Civil War begins as General Francisco Franco leads an uprising in North Africa.
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    John Kuroski
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    John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.
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    John Kuroski
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    John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.