The Last On Earth
from The Blink Hosted by David Romanelli
Maybe you heard about that couple in Ecuador that just set the world record. Julio Mora and Waldramina Quinteros have been married longer than most people have been alive. He is aged 110 and she is 104 - and they've just been awarded the Guinness World Record for the world's oldest married couple. They’ve been married for 79 years. that’s a long time. They’ve been through a lot. What are their secrets? How did they hang in there? We all know how sometimes the hardest people to be nice to are the ones you live with.
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It's one of the most intense-sounding, indigenous rites of passage you'll ever ever hear about. The Kogi tribe in the Brazilian rainforest is one of the last tribes on earth to maintain their pre-Columbian customs. The Kogi choose their priests at birth. The child is then sent to a dark cave for the first 6-9 years of their life. When they emerge, they have an absolutely pure connection to nature and spirit. It’s hard to believe…and it’s true.
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