The World’s Oldest Grape Vine Has Been Around For Nearly 500 Years
The Slovenian city of Maribor is home to the world’s oldest grapevine still producing fruit, a resilient plant that dates back to the year 1570, when the city was facing an Ottoman invasion. The Old Vine is the only plant in the world with its own dedicated museum, the Old Vine House, once part of […]
Groom Suffers Fractured Spine After Being Dropped By Friends at His Own Wedding
What was supposed to be the best night of his life turned into a nightmare for a young Romanian man, after being thrown into the air and dropped by his friends during his own wedding, and suffering spine fractures. 31-year-old Liviu Filimon was enjoying his wedding party in Baile Felix, north-western Romania when some of […]
Kynam – The World’s Rarest, Most Expensive Wood
When you think of the rarest, most precious materials on Earth, things like diamonds, platinum, or gold probably pop into your head, but did you know that a special type of wood is actually more expensive than any of those? Kynam, or “kyara” as it’s known in Japan, is an extremely rare type of agarwood […]