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Who would have thought that? In the Corona crisis, some good things happen. So actress Jennifer Aniston found her father again after 41 years of silence on the radio.
There is disturbing news at the moment. It also sucks, this corona virus just doesn’t want and doesn’t want to be forgiven.
We have not been able to hug our elderly parents for almost two months. We are no longer at a table. And we can’t celebrate with our friends either.
So I call my parents almost every day, I want to know how my mother and father are, I want them to feel that they are not alone. If I can’t visit, at least I want to hear his voice.
Famous people feel similar to me.
If I get anything positive from the confinement in Switzerland, it is that my parents have become part of my daily life. That I think much more about them, I talk to them much more than two or three months ago.
Since yesterday I learned that even very famous people are like me, Jennifer Aniston, for example. The 51-year-old Hollywood actress had almost no contact with her 86-year-old father for 41 years.
But everything has changed recently: Aniston now calls the old man on the phone every day. Due to his age, John Aniston belongs to the risk group.
Jennifer Aniston was born in February 1969 to actress Nancy Dow (†) and actor John Aniston. The father left the family when Jennifer was ten years old. Jennifer Aniston recalls: “I went to a birthday party and when I came back, my mother said, ‘Your father will not be here for a while.'”
A cut in his life that he could not process for decades. With the result already mentioned: since then, the actress has had little contact with her father.
In the Corona crisis, daughter and father Aniston have apparently met again. There are still many difficult things for her, the actress said in an interview. But: “My father was not a good communicator … but to the best of his ability, he said and apologized, and that’s enough. We have reconciled. There are still parts that are difficult for me, but I am older. I can no longer blame my parents.
And that is a good thing.
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These are the craziest plants in the world.
These are the craziest plants in the world.
Flowering with heating: As the flowering season approaches, the titanium root undergoes a surprising transformation: its gigantic inflorescence shoots up to ten centimeters per day. And to attract insects for fertilization, the reproductive organ emits a carrion aroma and heats up to 36 degrees Celsius.
Climbing parasite: with a diameter of more than one meter, the giant raffia (Rafflesia amoldi) forms the largest single flower. However, the gigantic flower of the climbing plant only exists for a few days, then the red organ, which smells like carrion, disintegrates. What remains is a pile of black slime.
Bigger, bigger, bigger: The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the western United States is the most massive or bulky living being known in the world. The evergreen can be up to 95 meters tall and have a trunk diameter of 17 meters.
Queen of the Andes: the giant bromeliad (Puya raimondii) is the largest bromeliad in the world, over ten meters high. It also has one of the largest inflorescences of all plants and is an endangered species that is native to the Andes in Peru and Bolivia.
Fairly old: the giant eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans) grows like an evergreen that can reach an age of around 400 years. In preferred locations, it can reach heights of 65 meters in 50 years. It is considered the tallest deciduous tree in the world, possibly even the tallest tree in history. A specimen dropped in 1872 was 132 meters high.
Real strength: The giant water lily Victoria is probably one of the most impressive plants on the blue planet. At up to three meters, it has the largest blade diameter. Discovered by botanist Richard Schomburgh in 1840, it is named after Queen Victoria. As a result, many botanical gardens built their own Victoria houses.
Feathery leaves: raffia palm is predominantly native to tropical Africa. With a length of up to 25 meters, its leaves are considered the largest in the plant kingdom. They are not only very large, but also feathery and remain on the plant after their death.
Heavy fruit: the jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is native to India. If you ignore breeding successes like giant pumpkins and the like, you get the heaviest fruits. They can weigh more than 30 kilograms.
Over 4,000 years old: At Patriarch Grove in the White Mountains of California, there are 17 specimens of the Long-lived Pine (Pinus longaeva) that are over 4,000 years old. A tree, whose age of 4700 years was determined by counting the annual rings in a small drilling core, is called “Methuselah”. (File Image)
Deadly Poison: The miracle tree (Ricinus communis) with its fruits is considered the most poisonous plant on earth. The endosperm of the seeds is highly toxic because it contains the toxic protein ricin. Ricin is one of the most powerful natural poisons. Death occurs without treatment due to circulatory failure approximately 48 hours after poisoning. The miracle tree is native to eastern and western Africa.
Almost 10,000 years old: According to the definition, there is a discussion about the oldest individual living being. But it is definitely a plant: a Norway spruce (Picea abies) in Sweden, whose trunk is much younger, competes with the long-lived pine. It comes from the root system, which is said to have existed for around 9600 years.
Monkey Face: If you look at Dracula’s ape, you might not be surprised why it is called the monkey orchid. It doesn’t take much imagination to recognize a primate’s face. The plant grows at an altitude of 300 to 600 meters in Peru and Ecuador and smells like orange.
Small but pretty: the rootless dwarf lentil (Wolffia arrhiza) is the smallest flowering plant in history. Its flowers are invisible to the human eye. The body of the plant is a maximum of 1.5 millimeters long. And by the way: as a ara plant, it is closely related to titanium root.
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