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Dracula Soil Necklace Now Werewolf Friendly!
All new Stainless Steel vial pendants with soil from Vlad III Dracula's castle are available now in the Mini Museum shop!
Each necklace contains a vial of earth from Cetatea Poenari, one of the favorite haunts of Vlad Tepes III, Prince of Wallachia, and member of the house of Drăculești.
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Apollo 11 Command Module Foil
This specimen is an actual, mission-flown fragment of kapton foil from the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia. This material helped protect Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on their journey from Earth to the Moon and back. Salvaged after splashdown, this is a unique collectible from one of the greatest achievements in human history.
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🌟 New Things!
Fossil Starfish - 5.86" Petraster
Starfish are one of the oldest groups of animals in the fossil record. Their iconic body shapes have remained relatively unchanged through hundreds of millions of years, which is a testament to their evolutionary success.
This specimen is a 5.86" Ordovician Petraster Starfish fossil, which lived over 440 million years ago. Members of the genus could be found all over the world and resembled modern starfish in shape and behavior. This particular starfish comes from the Ktaoua Formation in Moro...
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Happy Pi DAY!
We'll probably leave this up for awhile, since Erik took one for the team. 🥧
