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Demythologizing Arctotherium, the Biggest Bear Ever
Quite a few years back, so long ago that I can’t really remember much more than the fact that I once visited it, my parents took me to Space Farms Zoo and Museum. Tucked away in northern New Jersey, the roadside attraction is not so much a zoo or a museum as a throwback to the curiosity cabinets of Renaissance Europe – a ramshackle collection of odd natural and historical artifacts in varying states of preservation. According to those who have been there more recently than I have, the first two cents the museum’s proprietor earned are displayed not far from the Native
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