[TheOtherOne]

"Lotus seeds of about 1,200 years of age have been sprouted in China, and after the Nazis bombed London's Natural History Museum in World War II and a lot of water was used to put out the fire, seeds of 500 years of age also germinated."

I find it facinating that this type of fact never appears until this type of story. I never heard about any of this.

[RightWhale]

It's not a surprise, really, when seeds have to be kept bone dry or they will sprout. Once they are dry, what would change internally?