Wow! I had heard of the Hundred Horse Chestnut in Sicily which is between 2000 and 4000 years old, but that is something: 80,000 year! Anot her TED talk on my "To watch" list.
One blast from the ray gun turned half a town into a guy named ray. Just like this tiny ad:
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