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  "path": "/2026/05/14/super-fun-the-tale-of-how-a-prehistoric-shark-became-marylands-official-state-shark/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T09:25:47.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "As paleontologist Stephen Godfrey walked into the Calvert Marine Museum one morning in April, other staffers congratulated him. In a way, he had brought an extinct species back to life: His proposal to make a prehistoric shark the state's official shark is now law.",
  "title": "‘Super fun’: The tale of how a prehistoric shark became Maryland’s official state shark"
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