This evening, Freddie sent me the following link of a Chinese boy's tightrope act.
PLEASE CLICK HERE to watch this amazing feat!!! Simply awesome!
Have a pleasant evening, everyon...
Wikipedia has many interesting articles. This evening, I came across this article about the oldest tree in the world. According to Wikipedia:
Prometheus (aka WPN-114) was the oldest known non-clonal organism, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree growing near the tree line on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, United States. The tree, which was at least 4862 years old and possibly more than 5000 years, was cut down in 1964 by a graduate...
A farmer had a brother in town who was a gardener, and who possessed a magnificent orchard full of the finest fruit trees, so that his skill and his beautiful trees were famous everywhere.
One day the farmer went into town to visit his brother, and was astonished at the rows of trees that grew slender and smooth as wax tapers.
"Look, my brother," said the gardener. "I will give you an apple tree, the best from my garden, and you, and your children, and your children's children shall enjoy it."
Then...
