Miss Chanandler Bong schreef
"A little seed that slept for more than 1,000 years
sprouted in four days just like its modern sibling,"
plant physiologist Jane Shen-Miller, of the University
of California at Los Angeles, said Monday.

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What about the 7000 year Magnolia seed:
http://www.epinions.com/content_37309877892
(look for Magnolia)?
PvR