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Heterodontosaurus was a dinosaur of the Early Jurassic, 200–190 million years ago. It was named in 1962 after a skull fossil was discovered in South Africa. The genus name means "different toothed lizard", in reference to its unusual heterodont dentition, including small, incisor-like teeth in the upper jaw, followed by long, canine-like tusks. Additional specimens have been found, including an almost complete skeleton in 1966. Though it was a small dinosaur, Heterodontosaurus was one of the largest members of its family, reaching between 1.18 m (3.9 ft) and possibly 1.75 m (5.7 ft) in length, and weighing between 2 and 10 kg (4.4 and 22.0 lb). The body was short with a long tail. The five-fingered forelimbs were long and relatively robust; the hind-limbs were long, slender, and had four toes. The skull was elongated, narrow, and triangular when viewed from the side. The front of the jaws were covered in a keratinous beak. (Full article...)

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A dam failure in Kenya kills at least 47 people and leaves more than 2,000 others homeless.
American retailer Walmart announces a deal to acquire the Indian electronic commerce company Flipkart for about US$16 billion.
Mark Williams (pictured) defeats John Higgins to win the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield, England.
The InSight spacecraft and its companion MarCO cubesats are successfully launched towards Mars.
In American horse racing, Justify – ridden by jockey Mike Smith – wins the Kentucky Derby.

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May 12: Jerusalem Day in Israel (2018)

The Duke of Guise during the Day of the Barricades

1588 – Day of the Barricades: Under the leadership of Henry I, Duke of Guise (pictured), Catholic Parisians arose in protest against the moderate policies of Henry III.
1888 – North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.
1968 – The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the Vietnam War for the Australian Army.
1998 – Four students were shot and killed at Trisakti University in Indonesia, leading to widespread riots and eventually the fall of Suharto.
2008 – In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

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The Lady with the Lamp, a lithograph after Henrietta Rae's 1891 painting depicting Florence Nightingale at a patient's bedside during the Crimean War. During the war, Nightingale (1820–1910) organised the tending to wounded soldiers, and became iconic in Victorian culture as "The Lady with the Lamp". In 1860, Nightingale laid the foundation of professional nursing with the establishment of her nursing school at St Thomas' Hospital in London. She has been recognised as the founder of modern nursing, and the pledge taken by new nurses and the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve were named in her honour.

Painting: Henrietta Rae

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