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It's alive! Moss frozen for 400 years grows again
AFP ^ | JUNE 03, 2013

Posted on 06/10/2013 4:50:55 AM PDT by rickmichaels

OTTAWA - Plants entombed under ice in Canada's far north for centuries have come back to life after exposure to air and sunlight, Canadian researchers have found.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnews.canoe.ca ...


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1 posted on 06/10/2013 4:50:55 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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Must be some of the crap I have. Not even round up and salt gets rid of it.


2 posted on 06/10/2013 4:58:03 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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What emanates from my neighbor’s dog would probably take care of your problem.


3 posted on 06/10/2013 5:01:53 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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Keep it away from Hillary.


4 posted on 06/10/2013 5:07:24 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (The Tea Party was the earthquake, and Chick Fil A the tsunami...100's of aftershocks to come.)
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It's a good thing that 65,000,000 years is too long for any chance of survival


5 posted on 06/10/2013 5:15:58 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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6 posted on 06/10/2013 5:16:24 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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That's what Jordy Verrill thought too...
7 posted on 06/10/2013 5:23:07 AM PDT by BCW (http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html - A real life experience book about the war in Iraq)
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“Must be some of the crap I have. Not even round up and salt gets rid of it.”

I found that by merely not allowing any coins to lay on the floor more than 10 seconds, all signs of Democratic life moved away.


8 posted on 06/10/2013 5:25:26 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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There might even be hope for Christianity in Europe and freedom in the United States. If moss can survive for 400 years, I’m not giving up on more important things.


9 posted on 06/10/2013 5:36:39 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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Try some Clorox.


10 posted on 06/10/2013 6:54:54 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Guns kill people, pencils misspell words, cars drive drunk & spoons make you fat.)
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11 posted on 06/10/2013 7:02:14 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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I am reminded of an old 1950s movie released by 20th Century Fox about a scientist growing a slime in a sealed cave.

To kill it they break the glass to let in air which is supposed to kill it, but the slime does not die but becomes immune.
Can’t remember the name of the film.


12 posted on 06/10/2013 7:16:15 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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Might as well add my 2c:


13 posted on 06/10/2013 7:28:01 AM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
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