490-Million-Year-Old Trilobites Reveal Gondwana’s Ancient Geography The humble trilobites may be extinct, but even as fossils, they can teach us much about our planet’s history. Indeed, ancient arthropods from nearly half a billion years ago, including ten newly discovered species, …
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Historic 3,000-year-old olive tree still producing olives to this day The oldest olive tree in the world is located in the village of Ano Vouves of Kissamos in Chania, Crete, Greece. The ancient tree is 3000 years old, as determined…
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The Valley of Balls: Kazakhstan’s Mysterious Massive Stone Spheres Close to the town of Shetpe in Western Kazakhstan lies the Valley of Balls – or Torysh, as it is known in Kazakh. It consists of numerous ball-like rock formations strewn across…
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600-Year-Old Buddha Statue Discovered in China Amid Reservoir Water Level Drop Lower water levels in a village in eastern China led to a shocking discovery the other day. What was discovered was an approximately 600-year-old Buddha statue almost perfectly preserved.…
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Russian Scientists Revive 32,000-Year-Old Flower From 32,000-year-old seeds, the oldest plant ever to be “resurrected” has been grown, beating the previous record-holder by some 30,000 years. In the course of the study, a team of scientists from Russia, Hungary and…
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Discover The 2,400-year-old Honey Mushroom Is The World’s Largest Living Organism The largest living thing on the planet is not a whale or any other animal you might expect. It is a giant fungus that kills anything in its path,…
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Discover Son Doong Cave: The Largest Cave Passage with its Own Ecosystem The Son Doong Cave in Vietnam is the largest cave passage in the world. This huge and intricate cave system was created by water that percolated down from a rainforest…
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1,200-Year-Old Pagan Temple to Thor and Odin Unearthed in Norway The remains of the 1,200-year-old pagan temple were dug up in Norway and provide a rare insight into the Viking religion. Archaeologists have dated the remains of the large wooden…
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Iconic 1,000-Year-Old Pioneer Cabin Tree Falls After Violent California Storm After getting the news, it feels like the end of an age, the iconic Sequoia ‘ Tunnel Tree ‘ has gone down in history as a violent storm that struck…
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Surprising Archaeologists Find 1,000-Year-Old Stainless Steel in Iran Stainless steel as we know it today was created in the early 20th century, in England. However, researchers found evidence of the use of an alloy of iron and chromium quite similar…
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