http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19566724-2,00.html

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"A (VERY) SLOW MARCH THROUGH HISTORY 1830: Harriet is born - and her home country Ecuador becomes independent and elects its first president. 1834: Aged four, the young tortoise is basking in the Galapagos sun when the British abolish slavery and the Tolpuddle martyrs are banished to Australia. 1843: She is just a teenager when Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol is published. 1852: When Harriet hits 22, Australia's gold rush kicks off after a half-ounce nugget is found in Queensland and thousands of prospectors flood the area. 1865: As she reaches 35, the world is shocked at the assassination of American president Abraham Lincoln at the hands of actor John Wilkes Booth. 1868: Harriet is 38 - and the last British convicts arrive in Australia. 1880: As Harriet turns 50, the infamous Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly hangs in the Old Melbourne Jail. 1882: The Aussies achieve the unthinkable - and beat England at cricket on home soil for the first time, giving birth to The Ashes. 1901: At 71, Harriet is already a pensioner when her adopted country is unified and the Australian flag flies for the first time. 1915: Gallipoli, the First World War battle against the Turks, claims the lives of 7,600 Australians as Harriet reaches 85. 1945: Harriet is pushing 115 when the atomic bomb obliterates the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 1953: The grand old lady is 123 when Queen Elizabeth II is crowned in Westminster Abbey in London. 1956: Dame Edna Everage makes her first appearance, courtesy of Australian comic Barry Humfries. Harriet is 126. 1967: Aborigines are finally given citizenship when Harriet is 137 after 90 per cent of Australians vote Yes in a referendum. 1968: When she reaches 138, Australia's most famous export, Kylie Minogue, is born... and a year later man first sets foot on the moon. 2000: She's 170, and Australia hosts the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the most successful ever."

6/23/2006 12:47:03 PM

WOW...

6/23/2006 12:59:30 PM

damn

6/23/2006 1:05:52 PM

so when are we going to extract that bitches DNA and extend my life expentency past 100

6/23/2006 1:08:25 PM

Man, that's sad.

6/23/2006 1:28:01 PM

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6/23/2006 1:59:43 PM

wow, that's amazing.

a 250 yr-old tortoise belonging to a colonial era english administrator in india died in an indian zoo in march. however, there was no proof that the tortoise that died was the one that belonged to him.

and btw, it is a tortoise, not a turtle.

basic grade 1 science.

6/23/2006 2:02:01 PM

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"so when are we going to extract that bitches DNA and extend my life expentency past 100"

Just be sure to eat your vegetables like she did!

6/23/2006 2:05:16 PM

do they really know it's the same tortoise? i could see darwin like" alrightly steve(darwin's hypothetical stoner freind) i'm going off for the weekend to do some studies take good care of harriet" . harriet gets into his magical brownies and she passes, then he replaces her ass with petsmart special.

6/23/2006 2:36:32 PM

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"and btw, it is a tortoise, not a turtle."

Wait, what the fuck is the difference?

6/23/2006 2:46:07 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle

Tortoises are a specific type of turtle, really. They're all in the Testudines order.

6/23/2006 2:51:33 PM

Tortoise wouldn't fit in the thread title, so I used turtle

6/23/2006 4:17:47 PM

sad... but for a second i thought kylie minogue went to the moon :|

6/23/2006 4:35:36 PM