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Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and camels roamed North America. They would gather at nearby watering holeseating, drinking, and trying not to become someone elses lunch. But one day, in what we now know as Nebraska, everything changed. The explosion of a supervolcano a thousand miles away sent a blanket of ash that buried these animals for millennia. Until 1953, when a seventeen-year-old farm worker made an unbelievable discovery. Read more