From the archive
A Japanese bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis, flowers just once every 120 years and then dies; researchers studying a rare flowering found that almost none of the flowers produced viable seed, and no new shoots followed.
Source: ScienceDaily, Flowering for naught: 120 years with nothing to show
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Tolomeo Lamp
Its spring-and-cable arm holds any position — one of the best-selling task lamps ever made.
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