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A University of Chicago scientist and his colleague found a 360 million-year-old lamprey fossil in Grahamtown, South Africa. The fossil was found in South Africa's version of the Green River Formation in Wyoming, an "unusually productive" site.

We have two weeks before summer officially begins and- if this recent run of hot, muggy weather is any indication- we’re in for one uncomfortable season. The Mister Softee trucks have been doing great business this week on our block, but Chicagoist is sometimes a bit too self-conscious to run after the dulcet chimes of the ice cream man with his good lemonade, Dixie Cups, all flavors and Push-ups, too. Instead, we head west down Archer Avenue to Lindy’s Chili/Gertie’s Ice Cream.

On Saturday, crowds gathered along the Chicago River to watch as a speedboat dumped green food coloring into the water in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. The History Channel tells us that the tradition started in 1962 when some city plumbers used dyes to trace illegal substances that were polluting the river. They then realized that the green dye might make for a cool way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. That year they dumped 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river. It was so much that the river stayed green for a week.