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  • 2022-01-18 (xsd:date)
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  • Does The Rock Own a T. Rex Skull? (en)
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  • In January 2022, Dwayne The Rock Johnson appeared on The Manning Cast, a sports broadcast helmed by former football players and brothers Peyton and Eli Manning. While the interview touched on several topics, some audience members (and eventually the Manning brothers) were distracted by what appeared to be a giant Tyrannosaurus rex skull sitting behind Johnson: When The Rock was asked if he had a dinosaur skull, he responded, I do, I've got a T. rex skull. He added: That's Stan. So Stan is the most complete T. rex skull ever found by a paleontologist and his name was Stan. So this T. rex was named after him. Johnson is referring to a T. rex fossil that was excavated in 1992 after it was discovered by an amateur paleontologist, Stan Sacrison. This fossil, truly dubbed Stan, is nearly 39 feet long. Stan was housed at the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in Hill City (BHIGR), South Dakota, for years, but in October 2020, the fossil was purchased for $31.8 million by an anonymous buyer. Here's a video showing the complete fossil: National Geographic reported: Is The Rock this anonymous buyer? Did the movie star remove Stan's head to display in his house? No. The Rock did not purchase a nearly complete T. rex fossil only to dismantle its head and display it in his home. The movie star owns a replica sold by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. On Jan. 18, Johnson posted a message to Instagram confirming that he was not the mystery buyer and that his skull was a replica: A replica of Stan's skull is available on the BHIGR website for $11,500. The Rock did not buy the original Stan T. rex fossil for $31 million only to remove its head to display in his home. The actor actually owns a replica of this famous skull. (en)
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