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New Science of Creativity

Cambridge University has a famous museum of zoology. And like all museums, it's got a whole lot of artifacts that have never been properly catalogued or were packed away years ago and forgotten about. Assistant director jack ashby came across an amazing piece of history - the collection of platypus, cidnas and possums dating back to the 18 eighties. They finally convinced the world that these animals were real. Previously, people couldn't believe that they weren't some sort of hoax. How can a mammal lay an egg? They protested. The specimens were assembled by william caldwell, who was paid to travel to australia from cambridge just to answer that

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