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Ancient sharks are older than Saturn’s rings
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Greenland sharks have existed for hundreds of millions of years through their ancient lineage while Saturn’s iconic rings are believed to have formed far more recently, possibly only 10 to 100 million years ago.
That means sharks were already swimming in Earth’s oceans long before Saturn wore its most famous feature.
Sharks have existed long enough that they've circled the entire Milky Way galaxy.
Twice.
They're also older than the North Star (Polaris).