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TIL: In 2021, scientists found the fossils of a reptile that "looks like a pokemon" the size of a pigeon with a frog like moth, bat wings, large eyes, and a long tail. The fossils were 160 million years old. It was named Sinomacrops bondei, which means "China, large eyes and face".

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