Before my local pub closed, there was a friendly paleontologist who would pop in from time-to-time.

My favourite thing was to go up to her and say “So in Jurassic Park…”, which always prompted an impromptu lecture about dinosaurs, what Jurassic Park (any of them) got wrong, and whatever else she was thinking about, which was always super interesting.

Last thing I learned about was heated Discord debates among her colleagues about dire wolves.