Imagine a bird that couldn't fit in your living room because its wings were too big. That's exactly what would happen if you tried to bring the Pelagornis sandersi home -- assuming houses and humans existed back then. Scientists have identified the fossils of what could be the largest flying bird ever found. With an estimated 20- to 24-foot wingspan, the extinct P. sandersi was twice the size of today's biggest flying bird, the royal albatross, according to the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in North Carolina.
The viola is hundreds of years old. In fact, some reports say that it is the oldest of the string family. The viola has been utilized as a harmonic (as opposed to melodic) instrument by composers for hundreds of years. This is the main reason that people are less familiar with it than the violin or cello.
If you can't be typecast into the Sexy Young Thing or the Wise Grandmother Type, you might just be in luck. Four of the five major female award winners at Sunday's SAG Awards were over the age of 46. Yes, you read that right. Here they are in order of age: Frances McDormand, 57; Julianne Moore, 54; Viola Davis, 49; Patricia Arquette, 46. The youngest, Uzo Aduba, is 34.