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2003-May-10 [this day]

Cayman Islands, discovered 500 years ago

The Cayman Islands were sighted by Christopher Columbus exactly five centuries ago, on 1503-May-10, during his fourth and last voyage to the West Indies (and America). At first the Spaniards named the islands Las Tortugas because of the many turtles in the surrounding waters, but by 1530 they were known as the Caimanas or Caymanes after the alligators reported to be native there. [this item]

Fertile ants

BBC News: Army ants, these days dispersed across the world, all came from a single source over 100 million years ago on the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana. ... Army ants ... are in general nomadic, foraging for prey without advance scouting, and their wingless queens can produce up to four million eggs in a month. ... [They] have evolved only once and that was in the mid-Cretaceous period. Up to four million eggs a month corresponds to more than one egg per second (there are 2.5m seconds in a 30-day month). [this item]

Guide to the May 15-16 total lunar eclipse

lunar eclipse space.com: No enthusiastic skywatcher ever misses a total eclipse of the Moon. Yet during the time that the Moon is entering into and later emerging from out of the Earth's shadow, secondary phenomena may be overlooked by any observer who isn't prepared. Read the whole thing for a chronological guide through the upcoming total lunar eclipse.

At 2am GMT, May 16, you will notice that the edge of the Earth's [umbra] shadow projected on the Moon is curved. Here is visible evidence that the Earth is a sphere, as deduced by Aristotle from lunar eclipses he observed in the 4th Century BC.

Update: the BBC has some additional information[this item]

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