In the 1810s Mary Anning begin to unearth strange creatures near her English seaside town

In 1804, when she was 5 years old, Mary Anning began to dig in the cliffs that flanked her English seaside town. What she found amazed the scientists of her time and challenged the established view of world history. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew."We'll also try to identify a Norwegian commando and puzzle over some further string pulling.Show notesPlease support us on Patreon!