You Wouldn't Believe What Scientists Found Frozen in Glaciers and Lakes

32,000-Year-Old Seeds

Yeah, you read that right. A single seed was found in the stomach of an ice squirrel that dates back 32,000 years. Scientists were able to thaw and grow the seed into a series of flowers that were similar to the lily plant we have today. This was an enormous breakthrough and is historically one of the coolest scientific feats ever performed. 

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The More You Know

  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
  • A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
  • A group of bunnies is called a "fluffle."
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