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How to live until you’re 10,000: Turn into a tree

blogearth.wordpress.com — How old can something living be? Humans aren ’t too good, coming in at about 75 years in the developed world. Tortoises often live until they’re 150, but 150’s nothing compared to some trees. A tree found in Sweden has been alive for a staggering 10,000 years according to scientists, meaning it started growing juts after the end of the last Ice Age.

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