Kings lomatia is the oldest known plant clone. It stopped seeding and has been cloning itself for at least 43,000 years, remaining genetically identical over that time, which increases its vulnerability to disease and other threats. ...full story at digg
from digg on Tue, Jul 29 2008
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World's Oldest Bible Going Online » slashdot 99luftballon writes "The British Museum is putting online the remaining fragments of the world's oldest Bible. The Codex Sinaiticus dates to the fourth century BCE and was discovered in the 19th century. Very few people have seen it due to its fragile... |
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Sumerians cracked world's oldest joke » the register (uk) 'I'm not saying my mother in law's...' UKTV has published what it claims to be the world's oldest joke - a Sumerian rib-tickler dating back to 1,900 BC which goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in... |
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World's Oldest Joke Uncovered, Unfunny » digg A team of academics has discovered this joke, first told in ancient Sumeria around 39 centuries ago, is the world's oldest: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap." Haha. Brilliant. I... |
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Oldest 'Footprints' on Earth Found » digg The oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered in rock dated to 570 million years ago in what was once a shallow sea in Nevada. |
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World's Oldest Man Dies At The Age Of 138 » digg A great-grand father believed to be the world's oldest man has died at the age of 138. |
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