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While the pirates of old were famous for having parrots on their shoulders, Instagram sensation Guirec Soudée, a 24-year-old French man, has spent two years sailing around the world with a bird of a different feather — his pet chicken Monique.

Navy researchers may have found a way to use the hydrogen and carbon dioxide within seawater for a new source of fuel. Who says alchemy is a thing of the past?

The postcard inside a recently retrieved bottle is from 1913. Researchers pinpointed the author, and decryption of the note awaits.

Here’s your science-y moment for the day: The earth was vastly different during this creature’s life, more than 300 million years before mammals popped up on the scene.