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Family Turns Down $50-Million Developer to Sell Home
Photo credit: 7News | Bored Panda
The Zammit family from Sydney, Australia turned down a $50-million AUD ($33.8-million USD) offer from a developer to sell their home, and this time-lapse video shows what happened around their home in the ensuing years. As you might have expected, the construction crews simply built an entire neighborhood around their property, which now stands out amongst the monotonous structures.

Resurrect Roundworm Frozen Siberian Permafrost 46,000-Years
If reviving a 48,500-year-old zombie virus wasn’t bad enough, scientists managed to resurrect a roundworm (P. kolymaensis) frozen in Siberian permafrost for the past 46,000-years. It survived being buried 131.2-feet beneath the surface in a dormant state known as cryptobiosis, which enabled the roundworm to withstand high temperatures, as well as freezing or extremely salty conditions.