124 Feet facts
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An abandoned Walmart was converted into America's largest single-floor library (124,500 square feet)
Russian Scientists discovered seeds 124 feet below permafros that an "Ice Age Squirrel" had buried, the seeds dated back 32,000 years old. They were successfully germinated and a year later created their own seeds.
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The oldest plant to be regenerated was grown from 32,000 year old seeds. Russian scientists discovered a seed cache of a native Siberian flowering plant that had been buried by an Ice Age squirrel near a river bank. The seeds, encased in ice, were unearthed from 124 feet below the permafrost.
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In 2012, Walmart abandoned one of its buildings in McAllen, Texas. As a result, it was built into a 124,500 square feet library. It is the largest single-story library in the U.S., at a size equal to about 2.5 football fields.
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Rod Stewart's model train layout measures 23 feet wide by 124 feet long, a 1,500-sq foot HO-scaled diorama that captures post-war Manhattan in detail, from its recreation of a crowded terminal station for the NY Central and Penn Railroads to the towering brick and stone skyscrapers that frame it
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Vermont's tallest building is 11 stories and only 124 feet high.
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The tallest building in the entire state of Vermont is only 124 feet tall, which is less than HALF the length of a Boeing 747-8
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The tallest building in Vermont is only 124 feet high and 11 stories
