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.
The Chevrolet Corvette (C3) is a sports car that was produced by Chevrolet for the 1968 through 1982 model years.Engines and chassis components were mostly carried over from the previous generation, but the body and interior were new.he list price for the Corvette in 1968 was $4,663. By 1982, mostly due to inflation, the base price had increased to $18,290. In 1968 there were six engines, two small-block V8s and four big-block V8s. By 1982 there was only one small block V8 engine available.