The survival movie “Into the Wild,” starring Emile Hirsch, premiered at the Rome Film Festival.
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A Jellyfish was discovered and became the first-known animal that sleeps and doesn’t have a brain.
A report published claimed that the fossils of Dickinsonia were the oldest animals to roam the planet.
English author J. R. R. Tolkien released his critically acclaimed book 'The Hobbit.'
Rockband Green Day released their seventh album, 'American Idiot.'
In the Second Opium War, an Anglo-French force defeated Chinese troops at the Battle of Palikao.