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TIL that the clock of French queen Marie Antoinette is displayed in the La Salle des Espèces Menacées et des Espèces Disparues (Room of Endangered and Extinct Species) at the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution in Paris. The wing has 257 specimens, including a quagga gifted to the French royals in 1784.

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