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TIL about the Burgess Shale, a UNESCO world heritage site, and a very important fossil bed for understanding the history of life on earth. First discovered in 1909 by Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian. They are located near Mt. Burgess in the Canadian Rockies.

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