The Komodo dragon is also known as the Komodo monitor or the Komodo Island monitor in scientific literature, although this is not very common. To the natives of Komodo Island, it is referred to as ora, buaya darat (land crocodile), or biawak raksasa (giant monitor).
Jars of dirt and rock from the sinkhole that formed under the National Corvette Museum sell for $10 at the museum gift shop. Photograph: Timothy D Easley/AP Wanda Cohen of Roswell, Georgia had just posted a photo of a wrecked car on her Facebook page.
1969: The 250,000th Corvette, a gold 1969 convertible, rolls off the line on November 19. Only two buyers opt for the ZL1 all-aluminum big block V-8; priced at $4,718.35, the ZL1 option is only $62.65 shy of the base Corvette Coupeâs base price.