Behold, a living relic from a bygone era - the ancient Miyajima White Pine tree. Planted in 1625, this bonsai tree has defied the sands of time, surviving for almost 400 years. But what truly sets it apart is its resilience and determination to live on, having withstood the catastrophic aftermath of the world's first nuclear bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, … [Read more...] about The Resilience of an Almost 400-Year-Old Bonsai Tree: A Living Relic of Hiroshima’s History
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The Incredible Story of the Girl Who Spent 738 Days Living in a Redwood Tree
Julia Butterfly Hill, American environmental activist, lived in a giant 1500-year-old redwood tree named Luna for 738 days to protest logging actions of the Pacific Lumber company. She lived in the tree from December 10, 1997 to December 1999, only terminating her revolutionary action when an agreement was made with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree and a 200 foot … [Read more...] about The Incredible Story of the Girl Who Spent 738 Days Living in a Redwood Tree
A Man Broke Down A Wall In His Home To Discover An Underground City That Once Had 20,000 People Living There
A man once found an enormous underground city in his basement while searching for the reason his chickens kept disappearing. In the town of Derinkuyu, Turkey a man was renovating his house in 1963 when he noticed that a lot of his chickens were going missing. During the remodel he noticed that a small crevasse had formed in his basement and his chickens were disappearing … [Read more...] about A Man Broke Down A Wall In His Home To Discover An Underground City That Once Had 20,000 People Living There
Jonathan, The World’s Oldest Tortoise And The Oldest Living Land Mammal, Turns 190 Today
It's not every day that you get to celebrate someone's 190th birthday; in fact, we're fairly certain it's never happened before. That is, until this past weekend, when Jonathan — the world's oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise in recorded history — turned 190. The South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where Jonathan has lived since 1882, has been … [Read more...] about Jonathan, The World’s Oldest Tortoise And The Oldest Living Land Mammal, Turns 190 Today
The “Living” Chandelier Made of Algae-Filled Leaves Purifies the Air Naturally
Julian Melchiorri, a design engineer and biotechnologist who originally attracted prominence by producing the first synthetic biological leaf, recently created an inventive lighting design that is both attractive and eco-friendly. Exhale, his "living" chandelier, filters the air while lighting up your space and was on show at the V&A Museum at the London Design … [Read more...] about The “Living” Chandelier Made of Algae-Filled Leaves Purifies the Air Naturally