Where can you see a palm tree grown from a seed more than two thousand years old? Detailed answer

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Where can you see a palm tree grown from a seed more than two thousand years old?

Since ancient times, Judea has been famous for a special variety of date palms, which provided food, wood, medicines and the opportunity to rest in the shade. But from about the 14th century, due to economic decline in the region and climate change, the cultivation of Judean date palms was brought to naught.

In the 1960s, during the excavations of the palace of King Herod, archaeologists found a pot with seeds of this palm tree over two thousand years old, and already in the 21st century, a group of Israeli scientists undertook to grow trees from them. Three seeds were kept in special solutions and fertilizers and planted in the soil, where one of them managed to germinate.

Now the palm tree, which was dubbed Methuselah, is over two meters high and feels great.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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In 1988, Frenchman Remy Brikat crossed the Atlantic Ocean on foot. Five-meter fiberglass pontoons were tied to his feet, he helped himself only with an oar, and behind him pulled a raft with equipment, a desalination plant and fishing accessories. Starting from the Canary Islands, the traveler wanted to reach Guadeloupe, but, emaciated and hallucinating, was picked up by a trawler near Trinidad - nevertheless, the Guinness Book of Records credited him with a record. In 2000, Brika set an even more ambitious goal - to pass the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles to Sydney in the same way. However, he had to ask for help and end the journey 500 miles south of Hawaii ahead of schedule, as a severe storm capsized the raft and damaged navigational equipment.

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