When you think of the United States, the bald eagle is usually the symbol that comes to mind. This week, President Joe Biden made it official, signing the legislation correcting the United States Code which never stated it was the national bird. The bald eagle, native to North America, has for over 240 years been unofficially the the bald eagle. Now, with the legislation being signed by the President,the bald eagle is indeed the national bird of the United States.

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Marine Archaeologists think that a ship found off the coast of the country of Kenya MAY be that of the famous Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama. In 1497, da Gama sailed around the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) and found a route to India. He went on to do several more voyages. It is his 1524 voyage where the Sao Jorge sank. Since da Game died on this voyage, the exact location of the ship was lost to time. The ship is just 20 ft. below the surface of the ocean and copper and elephant ivory and other items have been removed from the ship. Studying some of the few pieces of ship wood that remain will help date the age of the wreckage. Even if it isn't one of explorer Vasco da Mama’s ships, it is still a very old ship dating to the 16th century.

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A stone tablet was found in the country of Georgia. Being stone, carbon testing doesn't work but it is estimated to be about 14,000 years old. Making the tablet so interesting, is the language written on the stone. The symbols, made of lines, dots and shapes, carved into the stone, are not like any symbols seen before. Whatever the message, it will remain a secret unless the language can be decoded.

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